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.
- adjective Being at a distance within view, or conceived of as within view; that or those there; yon.
- adverb At a distance, but within view.
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
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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.
Graded Lessons in English an Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room Brainerd Kellogg
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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.
Graded Lessons in English an Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room Brainerd Kellogg
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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.
Graded Lessons in English an Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room Brainerd Kellogg
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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
old crow watching hungrily from his perch in yonder tree barthanderson 2009
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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