\There\, adv. [OE. ther, AS. [eth][=ae]r; akin to D. daar,
G. da, OHG. d[=a]r, Sw. & Dan. der, Icel. & Goth. [thorn]ar,
Skr. tarhi then, and E. that. [root]184. See {That}, pron.]
1. In or at that place. ``[They] there left me and my man,
   both bound together.'' --Shak.

         The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and
         there he put the man whom he had formed. --Ge. ii.
                                               8.

Note: In distinction from here, there usually signifies a
      place farther off. ``Darkness there might well seem
      twilight here.'' --Milton.

2. In that matter, relation, etc.; at that point, stage,
   etc., regarded as a distinct place; as, he did not stop
   there, but continued his speech.

         The law that theaten'd death becomes thy friend And
         turns it to exile; there art thou happy. --Shak.

3. To or into that place; thither.

         The rarest that e'er came there.      --Shak.

Note: There is sometimes used by way of exclamation, calling
      the attention to something, especially to something
      distant; as, there, there! see there! look there! There
      is often used as an expletive, and in this use, when it
      introduces a sentence or clause, the verb precedes its
      subject.

            A knight there was, and that a worthy man.
                                               --Chaucer.

            There is a path which no fowl knoweth. --Job
                                               xxviii. 7.

            Wherever there is a sense or perception, there
            some idea is actually produced.    --Locke.

            There have been that have delivered themselves
            from their ills by their good fortune or virtue.
                                               --Suckling.

Note: There is much used in composition, and often has the
      sense of a pronoun. See {Thereabout}, {Thereafter},
      {Therefrom}, etc.

Note: There was formerly used in the sense of where.

            Spend their good there it is reasonable.
                                               --Chaucer.

{Here and there}, in one place and another.

Syn: See {Thither}.