# there's

Pronunciation: say "THAIRZ" US /ðɛɹz/, UK /ðɛəz/, AUS /ðeːz/

## Contraction

1. Contraction of there is. — Contraction of there is
   - Simple: Contraction of there is. Use it to say one thing exists or is somewhere.
   - _There's a small bakery at the end of our street._
   - _Whenever it rains, there's water pooling near the door._
2. Contraction of there has. — Contraction of there has.
   - Simple: Contraction of there has. Use it before 'been' to talk about something that has happened.
   - _There's been a steady rise in prices this year._
   - _Since the new road opened, there's been far less traffic downtown._
3. Contraction of there are. *(nonstandard)* — Contraction of there are
   - Simple: Contraction of there are. People use it before plural things, though it is informal.
   - _There's several reasons people prefer to walk to work._
   - _On busy weekends there's dozens of stalls lining the market square._
4. Contraction of there was. *(colloquial)* — Contraction of there was.
   - Simple: Contraction of there was. Some people use it in casual talk about the past.
   - _So there's this guy at the meeting last night who wouldn't stop talking._
   - _Last night there's this loud knock at the door, and it was my brother._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/there-s (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).