there're

UK/ˈðɛəˌɹə(ɹ)/US/ˈðɛɹɚ/

A form of there are

Meanings

contraction
  1. abbreviationcolloquialcontractionContraction of there are.

    There're a few blacks and Hispanics in town, but you somehow don't notice them.

    1988, Hillary Waugh, A Death in a Town, page 166
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    No, my prince. It's less than truthful. There are princes among men. There're men endowed with a special quality. It’s a quality for which they are loved—it may be by those who scarcely know them. As you were loved in Navarre.

    1974, Philip Freund, “Charles IV”, in More Off-Broadway Plays, page 34

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APA

there're. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/there're

MLA

“there're.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/there're. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “there're,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/there're.

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