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there's en · X

Pronunciation

• /ðɜː(ɹ)z/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
• /ðiəz/ cheer–chair merger
• /ðeəz/ without the cheer–chair merger
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• /ðeɹz/ (Scotland)
• /ðɛəz/ strong form
• /ðɛəɹz/ strong form
• [ðɛːz] strong form
• /ðeːz/ (Australia)
• /ðəz/ weak form
• /ðɛɹz/ strong form
• /ðəɹz/ weak form

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, contraction) Contraction of there is.
   alt of there is
   • There's no arguing with him... or with her for that matter.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, nonstandard) Contraction of there are.
   alt of there are
   • Imagine there’s no countries. 1971 October 11, John Lennon & Yoko Ono, “Imagine”, Imagine, Apple Records
   • There's only two types of people in this world: the conformist API consumer and the renegade web scraper. 2024 July 26, Fireship, “Am I going to jail for web scraping?”, in YouTube:
   • There’s some chairs in the garage, aren’t there?
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, contraction) Contraction of there + has.
   alt of there
   • There’s been an accident!
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, proscribed) Contraction of there + was.
   alt of there
   • Yesterday, there's an accident.
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, contraction) Contraction of there + does.
   alt of there

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