Complete Definition of "there is"

English

Alternative forms
italbrac|contraction there's|there�s

Verb
there is

  1. third-person singular of|there be Used to indicate the existence of something physical or abstract in a particular place.

#:There is a man here to see you.
#:There are three zeros in �1000�.
#:There is a flaw in your argument.

Translations

Arabic: ARchar|��ا� (hun�ka) singular & plural
Balinese: ada#Balinese|ada
Catalan: hi ha singular and plural
Danish: der findes singular and plural
Dutch: er is (plural er zijn)
French: il y a singular and plural
German: es/da ist (plural es/da sind); or es gibt singular and plural
Hebrew: �ש singular and plural
Indonesian: ada#Indonesian|ada
mid
Italian: c'è|c�è (plural ci sono)
Spanish: hay#Spanish|hay singular and plural
Swahili: pana
Swedish: det finns singular and plural
Turkish: var singular and plural
Portuguese: há#Portuguese|há singular and plural
Vietnamese: có
Welsh: mae

Quotations
1993 November 27, Gene Roddenberry et al., �Parallels�, Star Trek: The Next Generation, season 7, episode 11, Paramount Pictures
:Data: For any event, there is an infinite number of possible outcomes. Our choices determine which outcome will follow.

pl:there is
pt:there is

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