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there've been

there've been is the plural present perfect of there be.

Meaning of there be

Verb

there be (highly irregular; see conjugation table)

  1. Of the specified thing: to exist, physically or abstractly.
    • Let there be light.
    Synonyms:
    there exist

Forms of there've been

alternative formthere have been

Questions about there've been

What is there've been the plural present perfect of?
There've been is the plural present perfect of there be.

Words near there've been in the dictionary

  1. there's nothing to it
  2. there's nowt so queer as folk
  3. there's one born every minute
  4. there's the rub
  5. there've
  6. there've been
  7. there, there
  8. there-anent
  9. there4
  10. thereabout
  11. thereabouts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: there've been (page history and authors); there be (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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