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Dictionarytherethat place or point
adverb / pronoun / interjection

there

THAIR/ðer/

At the indicated place or point.

The hiker points there, toward the lone tree across the field.

One hiker points across a field to a distant lone tree while the other hiker walks toward that exact place.
Etymology
thereOld Englishin or at that place

Old English þær already pointed to a definite place. Modern there keeps that pointing function, identifying where something is or where it is going by reference to a place understood from context.

In context

Wolfgang Schnellbaecher5:35
and we had a group sitting there
Are You Spending Your Money Wisely? | Wolfgang Schnellbaecher | TED
Raffaello D'Andrea10:40
That ultrasafe one over there for example
Meet the dazzling flying machines of the future | Raffaello D'Andrea

More examples

  • There is still time to catch the bus.
  • There, there, you'll feel better after some rest.
  • There, that fixes the loose handle.
  • Look, there goes our bus!