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[ adverb ] in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
Examples "I work here" "turn here" "radio waves received here on Earth" Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)It would authorize the Texas_Education_Agency to establish county-wide day_schools for the deaf in counties of 300000 or more population , require deaf children between 6 and 13 years of_age to attend the day_schools , permitting older ones to attend the residential Texas_School_for_the_Deaf here . (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)If the Orioles are to break their losing_streak within the next two days , it will have to be at_the_expense_of the American_League champion New_York Yankees , who come in here tomorrow for a night_game and a single test Sunday afternoon . The big , 22 - year old shortstop , the 1960 American_league `` rookie of the year '' , flew here late this afternoon from Baltimore , signed his contract for an estimated $ 15000 and was a spectator at tonight 's 5 - to 3 loss to Kansas_City - the winless Birds ' sixth setback in_a_row . Ralph_Houk , successor to Casey_Stengel at the Yankee helm , plans to bring the entire New_York squad here from St._Petersburg , including Joe_Dimaggio and large crowds are anticipated for both weekend games . Gaining her second straight victory , Norman_B._Small_,_Jr. 's Garden_Fresh , a 3 - year old filly , downed promising colts in the $ 4500 St._Patrick's_Day_Purse , featured seventh race here today , and paid $ 7.20 straight . Related terms |
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[ adverb ] in this circumstance or respect or on this point or detail
Examples "what do we have here?" "here I must disagree" Used in print (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)The opinion continues here that with a 162 - game schedule , pitching spread thin through a 10 - team league and a most inviting target in Los_Angeles ' Wrigley_Field_Jr. , Mantle just might break the most glamorous record on the books , Babe_Ruth 's 60 homers of 1927 . (Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)But the main point here is that even if such a restatement were not possible , the demand to demythologize the kerygma would still be unavoidable . For we must number here not_only the names of Bushnell , Clarke , and Rauschenbusch , not_to_mention those of `` the Chicago_School '' and Macintosh , but those of the brothers Niebuhr and ( if America may claim him ! ) (Edward E. Kelly, S.J., "Christian Unity in England"...)In the 355 years since the first Guy_Fawkes_Night , much of the story has been forgotten , so here is a reminder '' . (Mr. America, 4:6...)There 's Gaetan_d'Amours who is our newest Mr._Canada ; Jean-Paul_Senesac , whose story appeared here two issues ago ; Jack_Boissoneault , who was with us last month ; Charles_Harve , who recently won the `` Most Muscular Man '' subdivision award in the Mr._Canada event ; and a host of others . |
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[ adverb ] to this place (especially toward the speaker)
Synonyms Examples "come here, please" Used in print (The New York Times,...)When he was unable to bring_about immediate expansion , he sought to convince another National_League club to move here . (Edwin L. Bigelow and Nancy H. Otis,...)In 1914 when the town was chosen for the U._S._Amateur_Golf tournament , a representative hurried here from the Boston manager 's office . (W. E. B. DuBois, Worlds of Color....)In_fact , he intimated clearly that that was the reason that Wilson had been sent here - to make a larger contribution of dollar money . (Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)`` Yes '' , she said , `` I remember that they came here every summer . (Octavia Waldo, A Cup of the Sun....)Filippo_Rossi , that 's what he was called in the old_country ; but here he was just Signore or the Old_Man . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] being here now
Examples "is everyone here?" "present company excepted" Used in print (John R. Sargent, "Where To Aim Your Planning for Bigger...)Need for service is here to stay - and the problem is going_to be tougher to solve in the sixties . (Dolores Hitchens, Footsteps in the Night....)I want you here . Related terms |
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[ adverb ] at this time; now
Examples "we'll adjourn here for lunch and discuss the remaining issues this afternoon" Used in print (Jesse Hill Ford, Mountains of Gilead....)She glanced at the man nodding beside her , a man with weather cracks furrowed into his lean cheeks , with powdery pale eyes reflecting all the droughts he had seen , reflecting the sky and the drought which must follow now in August - yes , with eyes predicting the drought and here it was only June , only festival time again and thoughts of Gratt_Shafer would not leave her . |
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[ interjection ] interjection, to call attention to an action
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[ noun ] (Greek mythology,religion) 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
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