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there had been

there had been is the past 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 had been

alternative formthere'd been

Questions about there had been

What is there had been the past perfect of?
There had been is the past perfect of there be.

Words near there had been in the dictionary

  1. there for all to see
  2. there for everybody to see
  3. there for everyone to see
  4. there goes the neighborhood
  5. there goes the neighbourhood
  6. there had been
  7. there has been
  8. there have been
  9. there having been
  10. there is
  11. there is a lid for every pot

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Adapted from Wiktionary: there had 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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