Adverbs of Place

1. Adverbs of Place
Andrew Ernest Ritz
May 8, 2011
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2. above
adv –1. (32) above, supra – (at an earlier place; ”see above”)
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3. abroad
adv –1. (8) abroad – (to or in a foreign country; ”they had never
travelled abroad”)
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4. anywhere
adv –. (9) anywhere, anyplace – (at or in or to any place; ”you can
find this food anywhere”; (‘anyplace’ is used informally for
‘anywhere’))
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5. away
adv –1. (70) away, off, forth – (from a particular thing or place or
position (‘forth’ is obsolete); ”ran away from the lion”; ”wanted to
get away from there”; ”sent the children away to boarding school”;
”the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal”; ”went
off to school”; ”they drove off”; ”go forth and preach”)
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6. back
adv –1. (91) back – (in or to or toward a former location; ”she went
back to her parents’ house”)
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7. backwards
adv –1. (1) back, backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards – (at or
to or toward the back or rear; ”he moved back”; ”tripped when he
stepped backward”; ”she looked rearward out the window of the car”)
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8. behind
adv –1. (13) behind – (in or to or toward the rear; ”he followed
behind”; ”seen from behind, the house is more imposing than it is
from the front”; ”the final runners were far behind”)
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9. below
adv –1. (16) below, at a lower place, to a lower place, beneath – (in
or to a place that is lower)
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10. down
adv –1. (98) down, downwards, downward, downwardly – (spatially
or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position; ”don’t fall
down”; ”rode the lift up and skied down”; ”prices plunged
downward”)
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11. downstairs
adv –. (6) downstairs, down the stairs, on a lower floor, below – (on
a floor below; ”the tenants live downstairs”)
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12. north
adv –. (11) north, northerly, northwards, northward – (in a northern
direction; ”they earn more up north”; ”Let’s go north!”)
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13. south
adv –. (8) south, to the south, in the south – (in a southern
direction; ”we moved south”)
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14. east
adv –. (1) east – (to, toward, or in the east; ”we travelled east for
several miles”; ”located east of Rome”)
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15. west
adv –. (3) west – (to, toward, or in the west; ”we moved west to
Arizona”; ”situated west of Boston”)
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16. elsewhere
adv –. (14) elsewhere – (in or to another place; ”he went elsewhere”;
”look elsewhere for the answer”)
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17. far
adv –1. (61) far – (to a considerable degree; very much; ”a far far
better thing that I do”; ”felt far worse than yesterday”; ”eyes far too
close together”)
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18. here
adv –1. (187) here – (in or at this place; where the speaker or writer
is; ”I work here”; ”turn here”; ”radio waves received here on Earth”)
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19. in
adv –. (19) in, inwards, inward – (to or toward the inside of; ”come
in”; ”smash in the door”)
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20. indoors
adv –. (1) inside, indoors – (within a building; ”in winter we play
inside”)
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21. inside
adv –1. (19) inside, indoors – (within a building; ”in winter we play
inside”)
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22. near
adv –1. (19) near, nigh, close – (near in time or place or relationship;
”as the wedding day drew near”; ”stood near the door”; ”don’t shoot
until they come near”; ”getting near to the true explanat ion”; ”her
mother is always near”; ”The end draws nigh”; ”the bullet didn’t
come close”; ”don’t get too close to the fire”)
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23. nearby
adv –. (7) nearby – (not far away in relative terms; ”she works
nearby”; ”the planets orbiting nearby are Venus and Mars”)
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24. off
adv –1. (13) away, off, forth – (from a particular thing or place or
position (‘forth’ is obsolete); ”ran away from the lion”; ”wanted to
get away from there”; ”sent the children away to boarding school”;
”the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal”; ”went
off to school”; ”they drove off”; ”go forth and preach”)
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25. on
adv –1. (40) along, on – (with a forward motion; ”we drove along
admiring the view”; ”the horse trotted along at a steady pace”; ”the
circus traveled on to the next city”; ”move along”; ”march on”)
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26. out
adv –1. (5) out – (away from home; ”they went out last night”)
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27. outside
adv –1. (15) outside, outdoors, out of doors, alfresco – (outside a
building; ”in summer we play outside”)
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28. over
adv –1. (23) over – (at or to a point across intervening space etc.;
”come over and see us some time”; ”over there”)
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29. there
adv –1. (181) there, at that place, in that location – (in or at that
place; ”they have lived there for years”; ”it’s not there”; ”that man
there”)
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30. under
adv –1. (2) under – (down to defeat, death, or ruin; ”their
competitors went under”)
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31. up
adv –1. (79) up, upwards, upward, upwardly – (spatially or
metaphorically from a lower to a higher position; ”look up!”; ”the
music surged up”; ”the fragments flew upwards”; ”prices soared
upwards”; ”upwardly mobile”)
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32. upstairs
adv –1. (13) upstairs, up the stairs, on a higher floor – (on a floor
above; ”they lived upstairs”)
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