here

here [hir; ] often [ hēr]

adv.

[ME < OE her; akin to Ger hier < IE base * ko-, *ke-, this one > HE¹, HER¹, L cis, OIr ce]

1. at or in this place: often used as an intensive [ John here is a good player ]: in dialectal or nonstandard use, often placed between a demonstrative pronoun and the noun it modifies [ this here man ]

2. toward, to, or into this place; hither [come here]

3. at this point in an action, speech, discussion, etc.; now [here the judge interrupted]

4. on earth; in earthly life

interj.

1. used to call attention, answer a roll call, etc.

2. used to express indignation, remonstrance, etc., esp. when repeated

n.

this place or point

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here and there

in, at, or to various places or points

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here goes!

an exclamation used when the speaker is about to do something new, daring, disagreeable, etc.

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neither here nor there

beside the point; irrelevant

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the here and now

this place and this time; the present