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  1. 1. pron. In or at that place. Source: opted
  2. 2. pron. In that matter, relation, etc.; at that point, stage, etc., regarded as a distinct place; as, he did not stop there, but continued his speech. Source: opted
  3. 3. pron. To or into that place; thither. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. a location other than here; that place; location, medial pronoun; demonstrative pronoun, location; quantifier: demonstrative determiner, distal; demonstrative pronoun, location; quantifier: demonstrative determiner, singular, distal Source: wordnet
  5. 5. adv. in or at that place or location Source: wordnet
  6. 6. adv. in that matter; in that respect; on that point Source: wordnet
  7. 7. adv. to or toward that place; away from the speaker Source: wordnet
  8. 8. 1. In or at that place. "[They] there left me and my man, both bound together." Shak. The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. Ge. ii. 8. Note: In distinction from here, there usually signifies a place farther off. "Darkness there might well seem twilight here." Milton. 2. In that matter, relation, etc.; at that point, stage, etc., regarded as a distinct place; as, he did not stop there, but continued his speech. The law that theaten'd death becomes thy friend And turns it to exile; there art thou happy. Shak. 3. To or into that place; thither. The rarest that e'er came there. Shak. Note: There is sometimes used by way of exclamation, calling the attention to something, especially to something distant; as, there, there! see there! look there! There is often used as an expletive, and in this use, when it introduces a sentence or clause, the verb precedes its subject. A knight there was, and that a worthy man. Chaucer. There is a path which no fowl knoweth. Job xxviii. 7. Wherever there is a sense or perception, there some idea is actually produced. Locke. There have been that have delivered themselves from their ills by their good fortune or virtue. Suckling. Note: There is much used in composition, and often has the sense of a pronoun. See Thereabout, Thereafter, Therefrom, etc. Note: There was formerly used in the sense of where. Spend their good there it is reasonable. Chaucer. Here and there, in one place and another. Syn. -- See Thither. Source: webster
  9. 9. p:70/r:29/n:1 n. a location other than here; that place r. in or at that place r. in that matter r. to or toward that place; away from the speaker Source: ecdict

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