Definitions
1.AdverbIn, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there."You wait here while I fetch my coat.; Ms. Doe is not here at the moment.; It says here that he died in 1970.; The air here is foul.; The view up here is better than the view down there!; Here is the report that you asked for.; Here I stand.; Kilroy was here.; I've had enough of peeling potatoes. I'm stopping here.; Here endeth the lesson.; You say that all men are born equal, but here I must disagree with you.; Flu season is here.; Christmas will soon be here.; Derivatives can refer to anything that is derived from something else, but here they refer specifically to functions that give the slope of the tangent line to a curve.; Jim here has been with the company for twenty years.; This here orange is too sour.; Both 'ere buckets 'ave 'oles in 'em."
2.AdverbAt this point or stage (in a process, argument, narration, etc.)"I've had enough of peeling potatoes. I'm stopping here.; Here endeth the lesson."
3.AdverbIn this matter."You say that all men are born equal, but here I must disagree with you."
4.AdverbNotionally at the speaker's location by virtue of happening now."Flu season is here.; Christmas will soon be here."
5.AdverbIn this context."Derivatives can refer to anything that is derived from something else, but here they refer specifically to functions that give the slope of the tangent line to a curve."
6.AdverbAfter the name of a person perceived as located close to the speaker, used familiarly to indicate that person."Jim here has been with the company for twenty years."
7.AdverbAfter certain determiners, especially 'this' and 'these', used to emphasise demonstrative sense; see also this here."This here orange is too sour.; Both 'ere buckets 'ave 'oles in 'em."
8.AdverbTo this place; used in place of the literary or archaic hither."Please come here."
9.AdjectiveAlive"I'm not dead yet! I'm still here!"
10.NounThis place; this location."Here is where I met my spouse twelve years ago.; An Alzheimer patient's here may in his mind be anywhere he called home in the time he presently re-lives.; I'd like to continue my story, but here is where I must stop.; I've done as much as I can; you'll have to take it from here."
11.NounThis point or stage in time, conceptualised as a location."I'd like to continue my story, but here is where I must stop.; I've done as much as I can; you'll have to take it from here."
12.Noun(Can we verify this sense?) This time, the present situation. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
13.InterjectionUsed semi-assertively to offer something to the listener."Here, now I'm giving it to you."
14.InterjectionUsed for emphasis at the beginning of a sentence when expressing an opinion or want."Here, I'm tired and I want a drink."
15.InterjectionUsed to attract someone's attention, often in a hostile way."Here! You! Stop doing that!"
16.InterjectionSaid in response to one's name being called during a roll call, indicating that one is present."Smith ... Here! ... Jones ... Here! ... Walters ... ... Anyone seen Walters?"
17.InterjectionSaid to command a person or higher animal to come to the speaker.""Fido! Here!" — "Woof! Woof!""