HERE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Here mean? 

• HERE (noun)
  The noun HERE has 2 senses:

1. the present location; this place

2. queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology; sister and wife of Zeus remembered for her jealously of the many mortal women Zeus fell in love with; identified with Roman Juno

  Familiarity information: HERE used as a noun is rare.

• HERE (adjective)
  The adjective HERE has 1 sense:

1. being here now

  Familiarity information: HERE used as an adjective is very rare.

• HERE (adverb)
  The adverb HERE has 4 senses:

1. in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is

2. in this circumstance or respect or on this point or detail

3. to this place (especially toward the speaker)

4. at this time; now

  Familiarity information: HERE used as an adverb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HERE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The present location; this place

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Context example:

where do we go from here?

Hypernyms ("here" is a kind of...):

location (a point or extent in space)

Antonym:

there (a location other than here; that place)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology; sister and wife of Zeus remembered for her jealously of the many mortal women Zeus fell in love with; identified with Roman Juno

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Hera; Here

Instance hypernyms:

Greek deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks)

• HERE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Being here now

Context example:

is everyone here?

Similar:

present (being or existing in a specified place)

Derivation:

hereness (the state of being here in this place)

• HERE (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In or at this place; where the speaker or writer is

Context example:

radio waves received here on Earth

Antonym:

there (in or at that place or location)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In this circumstance or respect or on this point or detail

Context example:

here I must disagree

Sense 3

Meaning:

To this place (especially toward the speaker)

Synonyms:

here; hither

Context example:

come here, please

Antonym:

there (to or toward that place; away from the speaker)

Sense 4

Meaning:

At this time; now

Context example:

we'll adjourn here for lunch and discuss the remaining issues this afternoon

 Context examples 

No doubt many feet have been here since Monday night.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Perhaps they have not heard yet of all that happened here during the night?

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He was responsive to beauty, and here was cause to respond.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Jupiter will remain here for 12 months, until December 19, 2020.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Here I discovered the true causes of many great events that have surprised the world; how a whore can govern the back-stairs, the back-stairs a council, and the council a senate.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

"At the East, not far from here," said one, "there is a great desert, and none could live to cross it."

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

Why, bless my soul! here is her carriage at the door.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The whip flashed out, here and there, on its merciless errands.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Here I stopped for the night at the Hotel Royale.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

“Johansen,” Wolf Larsen said briskly to the new mate, keep all hands on deck now they’re here.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)