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there has been

there has been is the singular 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 has been

alternative formthere's been

Questions about there has been

What is there has been the singular present perfect of?
There has been is the singular present perfect of there be.

Words near there has been in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: there has 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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