"be there" meaning in All languages combined

See be there on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-be there.ogg Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], be there [infinitive]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb|highly irregular; see conjugation table}} be there (highly irregular; see conjugation table)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see be, there. Related terms: been there, be there and be square, be there or be square
    Sense id: en-be_there-en-verb-PLOx7ytI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 75 25
  2. (idiomatic) To be available to provide comfort and support for someone, especially in a period of difficulty. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-be_there-en-verb-x8AwGzik
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (Translations): er zijn (Dutch), être là (French), estar aí (Galician), da sein (German), være der for (Norwegian Bokmål), estar ao lado (Portuguese), estar aí (Portuguese), estar ahí (Spanish), ställa upp (Swedish), đồng hành (Vietnamese)
Disambiguation of 'Translations': 0 100

Inflected forms

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Download raw JSONL data for be there meaning in All languages combined (3.4kB)

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