there
exclamation/ðeə(r)/
/ðer/
- used to show that you are satisfied that you were right about something or to show that something annoys you
- There now! What did I tell you? (= you can see that I was right)
- There! That didn't hurt too much, did it?
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- used to show that something annoys you
- There! You've gone and woken the baby!
Word OriginOld English thǣr, thēr of Germanic origin; related to Dutch daar and German da, also to that and the.
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