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Definition of there exclamation from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

there

exclamation
 
/ðeə(r)/
 
/ðer/
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  1. 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?
  2. used to show that something annoys you
    • There! You've gone and woken the baby!
  3. Word OriginOld English thǣr, thēr of Germanic origin; related to Dutch daar and German da, also to that and the.
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