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Entry 7 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Here

/hēr/ · IPA /hɪɚ̯/
01 n. Hair.
  1. 1.
    Hair.[Obs.]
02 pron. See Her, their.
  1. 1.
    See Her, their.[Obs.] See: Her
  2. 2.
    Her; hers. See Her.[Obs.] See: Her
03 adv. In this place; in the place where the speaker is; -- opposed to there.
  1. 1.
    In this place; in the place where the speaker is; -- opposed to there.
    “He is not here, for he is risen.” — Matt. xxviii. 6.
  2. 2.
    In the present life or state.
    “Happy here, and more happy hereafter.” — Bacon.
  3. 3.
    To or into this place; hither. [Colloq.] See Thither.[Colloq.] See: Thither
    “Here comes Virgil.” — B. Jonson.
    “Thou led'st me here.” — Byron.
  4. 4.
    At this point of time, or of an argument; now.
    “The prisoner here made violent efforts to rise.” — Warren.
Phrases & compounds
Here and there — in one place and another; in a dispersed manner; irregularly.
It is neither, here nor there — it is neither in this place nor in that, neither in one place nor in another; hence, it is to no purpose, irrelevant, nonsense.