What does yonder mean?
Definitions for yonder
ˈyɒn dəryon·der
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Princeton's WordNet
yonder, yonadverb
distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal)
"yonder valley"; "the hills yonder"; "what is yon place?"
yonder, yonadverb
at or in an indicated (usually distant) place (`yon' is archaic and dialectal)
"the house yonder"; "scattered here and yon"- Calder Willingham
Wiktionary
yondernoun
Something that is distant but within sight.
Off we go, into the wild blue yonder, riding high into the sky.
yonderadverb
Distant but within sight
Yonder peasant - who is he?
yonderadverb
In a distant, indicated place; over there.
Yonder peasant - who is he?
Webster Dictionary
Yonderadverb
at a distance, but within view
Etymology: [OE. yonder, onder; cf. OD. ginder, Goth. jaindr there. . See Yond, adv.]
Yonderadjective
being at a distance within view, or conceived of as within view; that or those there; yon
Etymology: [OE. yonder, onder; cf. OD. ginder, Goth. jaindr there. . See Yond, adv.]
Anagrams for yonder »
droney
Rodney
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of yonder in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of yonder in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of yonder in a Sentence
A verb has a hard enough time of it in this world when it is all together. It's downright inhuman to split it up. But that's what those Germans do. They take part of a verb and put it down here, like a stake, and they take the other part of it and put it a way over yonder like another stake, and between these two limits they just shovel in German.
William Shakespeare, "Romeo and Juliet", Act 2 scene 1:
But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
I said, 'Hey, could you give me a ride home?' he said ‘Where do you live?’…I said, ‘Just right over yonder.'.
Hamlet Do you see yonder cloud that's almost in shape of a camel Polonius By the mass, and 'tis like a camel, indeed. Hamlet Methinks it is like a weasel. Polonius It is backed like a weasel. Hamlet Or like a whale Polonius Very like a whale.
But, soft what light through yonder window breaks It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
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- هناك, هنالكArabic
- allà, aquell, aquellaCatalan, Valencian
- draw, acwWelsh
- dort, [[dort]] [[drüben]], drübenGerman
- εκεί πέραGreek
- aquél, allá, aquella, de alláSpanish
- در اینجاPersian
- tuo, tuollaFinnish
- là-basFrench
- jinderWestern Frisian
- ansiúdIrish
- an siudScottish Gaelic
- उधरHindi
- þarnaIcelandic
- laggiùItalian
- あの, あそこ, イヨンダー, あれJapanese
- korāMāori
- онде, ондекаMacedonian
- энэ хавьдMongolian
- disanaMalay
- ginderDutch
- aquele, acolá, aquilo, além, aquelaPortuguese
- [[вон]] [[тот]], [[вон]] [[там]], [[вон]] [[то]], [[вон]] [[те]], там, [[вон]] [[та]]Russian
- онде, ondeSerbo-Croatian
- atjeAlbanian
- där bortaSwedish
- దూరంగాTelugu
- şuradaki, şuradaTurkish
- onderUrdu
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