there's

Study(11)

UK /ðəɹz/ US /ðeːz/

contraction 5

Collocations

ADJ.

all, enough, left, little, nice, over, secret

VERB + THERE'S

happened, let, like, mind, seems

THERE'S + NOUN

butterfly, lot, money, nothing, path, person, problem, room

PREP.

in, up, with, without

ADV.

only, quite, then, then

Definitions

contraction

Contraction of there is.

There’s a strange guy over there.

There’s far too much attention being paid to it.

Contraction of there are.

There’s some chairs in the garage, aren’t there?

Imagine there’s no countries.

Contraction of there + has.

There’s been an accident!

Contraction of there + was.

Contraction of there + does.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

there's more than one way to skin a cat

A problem generally has more than one solution; there is more than one way to achieve a goal.

At any rate, thought I, there's more than one way to skin a cat, as a butcher would say.

there's no I in team

Teamwork should focus on the needs of the team, not on the individual.

As Mr. Sloan always says, there is no "I" in "team", but there is an "I" in "pie". And there's an "I" in "meat pie". Anagram of "meat" is "team"… I don't know what he's talking abo

there's no accounting for taste

In subjective matters of taste, people have wildly different opinions; disagreements about matters of taste cannot be objectively resolved.

there's no time like the present

Now is an appropriate time to take a particular action.

Near-synonyms: he who hesitates is lost, never put off until tomorrow what you can do today, procrastination is the thief of time

there's nowt so queer as folk

Nothing is as strange as people can be; people can behave very oddly sometimes.

Well (shakes her head with a little smile as she goes on knitting)—there's nowt so queer as folk! (Shakes her head again.)

Example Bank

There’s a strange guy over there.

Wiktionary

There’s far too much attention being paid to it.

Wiktionary

I've made up my mind; there's no arguing with me.

Wiktionary

Oh, there's a butterfly!

Tatoeba · #1328

There's a problem there that you don't see.

Tatoeba · #1390

I suppose that behind each thing we have to do, there's something we want to do...

Tatoeba · #1491

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, there's is marked as colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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