er — meaning in English

English meaning

• ar noun The name of the letter R.
• er intj Used to fill a pause while thinking of what to say next.
• it pron Used to refer to a thing, animal, or abstract idea that has already been mentioned or is understood.
• there adv In or at that place.

Senses

er is used for these senses in English:

• er (added to a proper noun) Suffix denoting a resident or inhabitant of (the place denoted by the proper noun); used to form a demonym.
• ar The name of the Latin-script letter R/r.
• it The impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject, or less commonly, object; known as the dummy pronoun (according to some definitions), anticipatory it or, more formally in linguistics, a syntactic expletive. The delayed subject is commonly a to-infinitive, a gerund, or a noun clause introduced by a subordinating conjunction.
• there (as complement of 'be') In existence in some place.
• there be Of the specified thing: to exist, physically or abstractly.

er — full definition

1. intj Used to fill a pause while thinking of what to say next.
2. verb To hesitate in speech, making a sound like "er."

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