how to pronounce here

/ˈhiːɹ/

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the above transcription of here is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

here is pronounced in one syllable

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1.

iː

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An example use of here in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… like we have a cat here but it's it's a …”

meaning of here

Here is a place near the speaker.

here frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word here occurs in english on average 1287.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics here can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that here can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;