From Middle English her#Etymology_2_3, from Old English hēr, from Proto-West Germanic *hēr, from Proto-Germanic *hē₂r, from *hiz + -*r, from Proto-Indo-European , from *ḱe + *ís.

Cognate with Saterland Frisian hier, Western Frisian hjir, Dutch hier, nds-de hier, German hier, Danish her, Swedish här, Norwegian her, Faroese her, Icelandic hér. Also related to the English pronoun he, and the words hither and hence.

• (RP) IPA: /hɪə̯(ɹ)/, /hɪː(ɹ)/
• (Standard Southern British) IPA: /ˈhiː.ə/
• (America) IPA: /hɪɚ̯/, /hɪɹ/, [çiɚ]
• (Australia) IPA: /hɪː/, /hɪə̯/
• (Scotland) IPA: /hiːɹ/
• (Wales) IPA: /hjɜː/

here (not comparable)

1. (location) In, on, or at this place.

   Synonyms: right here

   You wait here while I fetch my coat.

   Diet of Worms.

   Flu season is here.

   Kilroy was here

   Ms. Doe is not here at the moment.

   • 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC ↗, Canto VII:

     Dark house, by which once more I stand / Here in the long unlovely street,

   • 2008, Omar Khadr, Affidavit of Omar Ahmed Khadr:

     The Canadian visitor stated, “I’m not here to help you. I’m not here to do anything for you. I’m just here to get information.”

   • 2016, [https://web.archive.org/web/20170918070146/https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/lets-learn-english-lesson-3-i-am-here/3126527.html VOA Learning English] (public domain)

     Oh, yes. I am here! — Good. You are there.

2. (location) To this place; used in place of the more dated hither.

   Please come here.

   • 1891, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wall-Paper:

     He said we came here solely on my account, that I was to have perfect rest and all the air I could get.

3. (abstract) In this context.

   Derivatives can refer to anything that is derived from something else, but here they refer specifically to functions that give the slope of the tangent line to a curve.

4. At this point in the argument, narration, or other, usually written, work.

   Here endeth the lesson.

   • 1796, George Washington, Washington's Farewell Address:

     Here, perhaps I ought to stop.

   • 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 6, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC ↗:

     “And drove away—away.” Sophia broke down here. Even at this moment she was subconsciously comparing her rendering of the part of the forlorn bride with Miss Marie Lohr's.

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here (uncountable)

1. (abstract) This place; this location.

   An Alzheimer patient's here may in his mind be anywhere he called home in the time he presently re-lives.

   Here is where I met my spouse twelve years ago.

2. (abstract) This time, the present situation.

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here (not comparable)

1. Filler after a noun or demonstrative pronoun, solely for emphasis.

   John here is a rascal.

2. Filler after a demonstrative pronoun but before the noun it modifies, solely for emphasis.

   This here orange is too sour.

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1. (slang)

   Here, now I'm giving it to you.

2. (Irish, British, slang) Used for emphasis at the beginning of a sentence when expressing an opinion or want.

   Here, I'm tired and I want a drink.

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