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# there

«there» in Mova's school dictionary: **used to say something exists or is in a place: «There are…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

pronoun, adverb; interjection (There, there!)

### meaning for a pupil

1) There is used to say something exists or is in a place: «There are 3 birds». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/there/#m1)

2) There means in that place or to that place, not here. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/there/#m2)

3) There can point at something: «There goes the bus!» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/there/#m3)

4) «There, there» (casual) is said to calm someone who is upset. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/there/#m4)

5) (casual) «There you go», «there ya go» means here it is, or well done. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/there/#m5)

6) (casual, nonstandard) People say «there's» with many things: «there's 3 left». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/there/#m6)

7) (formal) Exams say «there exist», «there remain», «there is given» and old words like «therein», «thereof», «thereby». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/there/#m7)

### sense in the lessons

in «there are» / «there were», telling an amount; «How many are there» asks for the count after all changes; phrases: «there is», «there are», «over there», «there and back», «there you go», «get there»; in casual talk «there's 3 left», «there ya go», «nearly there», «been there, done that»; in rough talk «get over there now», «there goes my bloody pocket money»; in the exam voice «there remain», «the number thereof», «there exists a number such that»

### examples

- There were 9 apples. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/there/#x1)
- There are 3 birds on the roof. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/there/#x2)
- How many children are there in all? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/there/#x3)
- Is there any milk left? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/there/#x4)
- Put your bag over there. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/there/#x5)
- There goes the last bus! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/there/#x6)
- There are 7 days in a week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/there/#x7)
- There's 3 left, who wants 'em? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/there/#x8)
- There ya go, 2 each. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/there/#x9)
- There goes my bloody pocket money, 10 dollars gone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/there/#x10)
- There remain 7 crates, each containing 12 bottles; state the number thereof. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/there/#x11)
- There, there, don't cry, we'll find your teddy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/there/#x12)

### note

«there is» + one thing, «there are» + many things; «there's 3» is common in speech, but school English says «there are 3». Trap: «there», «their» and «they're» sound the same. Introduces an amount; carries no operation clue. «How many are there» asks for the count after all changes. «there remain» in an exam gives what is left.

### In the corpora

- [There are also ways workers stand up for themselves: unions, strikes, picket lines and tribunals.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/4-when-work-goes-wrong/4/)
- [There is rent or a mortgage, energy for heating and hot water, council tax, broadband and insurance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/1/)
- [By the end of the call there is a plan, and he says, "Right.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/7/)
- [It does not mean the family is in danger; it means there is little left after the bills.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/9-when-money-is-tight/1/)
- [Own-brand food is often made in a similar way to famous brands but costs less because there is no big advertising.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/9-when-money-is-tight/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «there» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/there/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.