there be

present singular third person there is · present singular third person there's · past singular third person there was · plural present there are · plural present there're · nonstandard plural present there's · past plural there were · past plural subjunctive there were · imperative present multiword construction let there be · error unrecognized form present there being · error unrecognized form past multiword construction there having been

1. Of the specified thing: to exist, physically or abstractly.

   Let there be light.

   5 more examples

   There are two apples on the table. [=Two apples are on the table.]

   There is no way to do it. [=No way to do it exists.]

   Is there an answer? [=Does an answer exist?]

   No, there isn't. [=No, one doesn't exist.]

   There seems to be some difficulty with the papers. [=It seems that there is some difficulty with the papers.]

   Synonyms: there exist