HERE

[adverb] [not gradable] - in, at, or to this placeI've lived here for about two years.I like it here - I wouldn't want to live anywhere else.London is only 50 miles from here.Did you leave your bike here, or is it at home?Come here - I've got something to show you.Shall I come to your place, or do you want to come over here?How long are you over here (= in this country)?"Where does it hurt?" "Here, just above my ankle."(informal) Give it here (= to me) and I'll have a look at it.Here can be used at the beginning of a statement to introduce someone or something.Here's Fiona - let me introduce you to her.Here's the book I said I'd lend you.Here can also be used to show that someone has arrived or that something has started.Here they are! We thought you'd never come!They're here - I've just seen their car pull in.Here we are (= We have arrived) - I said it wouldn't take more than half an hour by car.Now that Christmas is here (= has begun), I might as well give up my diet.Here can also be used to refer to someone or something that is near you.I don't know anything about this, but I'm sure my colleague here can help you.It says here (= in this piece of writing) that she was born in 1943.Here can sometimes refer to the present moment in time.Shall we break here (= now) and have a coffee?Where do we go/Where do we take it from here? (= What should we do next?)You can say here you are when you are giving something to someone."Could you pass the sugar, please?" "Here you are."Here you are, try some of this - it should soon sort out your cough.(formal or literary) The here and now can be used to refer to the present time, or to life as it is lived on Earth rather than the spiritual life that might exist after death.She complained that while most people were interested in what had happened in the past and what would happen in the future, he was only interested in the here and now.There are a few books here and there (= in different places), but apart from that the room is quite bare.(informal) People sometimes say here goes just before they do something brave or something that they have never done before.Well, I've never ridden a motorbike before, so here goes!(informal) Here we go is a phrase often sung repeatedly by British football crowds when their team is successful.(informal) People sometimes say here we go (again) to express their annoyance when something happens again that always happens in this way.Oh, here we go again! Claude is in love for the fourth time this month!People sometimes say here's to a particular person as a way of wishing them happiness or success.Here's to the happy couple!(saying) 'Here today and gone tomorrow' is said of something which lasts only a short time.I don't know what Richard does with his money - it's here today and gone tomorrow.