Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb In or at that indicated place.
- adjective Being at an indicated distance, usually within sight.
- pronoun A distant place, usually within sight.
from The Century Dictionary.
- At or in that (more or less distant) place; at or in that place there.
- Chaucer uses the adverb frequently before the noun, and preceded by that or the: a use indicating the transition to the adjective use:
- Being at a distance within view, or as conceived within view; that or those, referring to persons or things at a distance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb At a distance, but within view.
- adjective Being at a distance within view, or conceived of as within view; that or those there; yon.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a distant,
indicated place; overthere . - determiner
Distant but withinsight - noun Something that is distant but within sight.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal)
- adverb at or in an indicated (usually distant) place (`yon' is archaic and dialectal)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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When I say _this orange, yonder orange, one orange_, the words _this, yonder_, and _one_ do not tell the kind, but simply point out or number the orange, and limit the application of the word to the orange pointed out or numbered.
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When I say _this orange, yonder orange, one orange_, the words _this, yonder_, and _one_ do not tell the kind, but simply point out or number the orange, and limit the application of the word to the orange pointed out or numbered.
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When I say _this orange, yonder orange, one orange_, the words _this, yonder_, and _one_ do not tell the kind, but simply point out or number the orange, and limit the application of the word to the orange pointed out or numbered.
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I see nothing, O _'tis yonder, 'tis yonder, 'tis yonder_, says he!
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The image over yonder is the cover ofClose Encounters of the Urban Kind, edited by Jennifer Brozek.
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Some fool will hear you calling, see a dark mass in yonder tree, and all of a sudden you are the target.
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Some fool will hear you calling, see a dark mass in yonder tree, and all of a sudden you are the target.
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April 27th, 2009 old crow watching hungrily from his perch in yonder tree
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Sharrkan turned to his brother addressing him and said, Were not this holy man a miracle worker, he had never slain yonder furious knight.
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He replied, “O my lord! yonder is the Castle of Crystal and that is the city thou seekest.”
Kristianto2010 commented on the word yonder
'Til He appeared and the soul felt its worth. A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices, for yonder breaks a new and glorious morn.
December 24, 2010