here
/hɪər/ adverbDefinition
IN THIS PLACE › in the place where you are: Does Jane live near here? Come here! How long have you been here?
GETTING ATTENTION › used to bring someone's attention to someone or something: Look, here's our bus. Here, put this on.
here you are/ here he is, etc › used when you see someone or something you have been looking for or waiting for: Here she is at last. Here we are, this is the place.
GIVING › used when you are giving someone something: Here's a present for you.
Here you are. › used when you are giving someone something: "Have you got the paper?" "Here you are."
AT THIS POINT › at this point in a discussion: I don't have time here to go into all the arguments.
ON THE TELEPHONE › used when saying who you are on the telephone: Hello, it's Tim here.
here and there › in several different places but without any pattern: Tall trees were growing here and there.
(Definition of here adverb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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