Word of the Day: Here
Here is the place where you are right now, or it’s the place that is very close to where you are.
- I live in Minnesota. I have lived here since 1991.
- When I came home, I asked if anyone was here.
- Is anyone here?
- Please, come here. (Come to where I am.)
- Do you want to come here or should I go over there?
- We need to leave here by 10 a.m. if we want to make it to the airport by 10:30.
- Is there a gas station around here? (around here = near this location)
- There are many interesting places to visit around here.
- He’s not from around here, is he?
- Are you from around here? (Do you live here, or do you know this area well?)
- Jared is traveling to Chicago this weekend. From here to there is about 400 miles.
- How far is to from here to there?
There are some idiomatic ways to use the word “here.” (This is an unusual expression or popular usage among native speakers.)
- Here you go. (I’m giving this to you.)
- Here. (I’m giving this to you.)
- Here we go. (We’re leaving a location or starting something new.)
- Here we are. (We have arrived at a destination.)
- We live in the here and now. (We live in the present, not the past or the future.)
- Joe is picking up extra work here and there. (here and there = not on a regular schedule or not routine.)
Essential English Dictionary
Visit the Popular English Words Beginning with H page to see the list of all words starting with letter H. For seeing the HiCafe dictionary, visit the Popular English Words with Meaning page.
