Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Adverb: here  heer
  1. In or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
    "I work here"; "turn here"; "radio waves received here on Earth"
     
  2. In this circumstance or respect or on this point or detail
    "what do we have here?"; "here I must disagree"
     
  3. To this place (especially toward the speaker)
    "come here, please";
    - hither
     
  4. At this time; now
    "we'll adjourn here for lunch and discuss the remaining issues this afternoon"
Adjective: here  heer
  1. Being here now
    "is everyone here?"
Noun: here  heer
  1. The present location; this place; location, proximal pronoun; demonstrative pronoun, location; quantifier: demonstrative determiner, singular, proximal
    "where do we go from here?"
Noun: Here  heer-ee
  1. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology; sister and wife of Zeus remembered for her jealousy of the many mortal women Zeus fell in love with; identified with Roman Juno
    - Hera

Sounds like:

Derived forms: heres

See also: present

Type of: Greek deity, location

Antonym: there, thither

Encyclopedia: Here, There & Everywhere