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yonder

[ yon-der ]

adjective

  1. being in that place or over there; being that or those over there:

    That road yonder is the one to take.

  2. being the more distant or farther:

    yonder side.



adverb

  1. at, in, or to that place specified or more or less distant; over there.

yonder

/ ˈɒԻə /

adverb

  1. at, in, or to that relatively distant place; over there
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

determiner

  1. being at a distance, either within view or as if within view

    yonder valleys

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of yonder1

1250–1300; Middle English yonder, yender, equivalent to yond + -er as in hither, thither, etc.; akin to Dutch ginder, Gothic jaindre
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of yonder1

C13: from Old English geond yond; related to Old Saxon jendra, Old High German ŧ, Gothic jaind
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The palm trees, in the back garden, the front yard, along the avenues, on the ridge up yonder.

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Time and again, her poems land on faith as the fuel to catapult us to a yonder she’s dreamed of exploring since her girlhood in Knoxville and Cincinnati.

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“We're crossing over yonder, crossing over yonder...to be with those we love.”

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Two years before DeMille even arrived in Hollywood, filmmaker Thomas Ince had established his open-air studio way out yonder in Pacific Palisades.

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Little wonder many in the EU push any membership date into the unspecified future yonder.

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