HERENESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The state of being here in this place

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("hereness" is a kind of...):

presence (the state of being present; current existence)

Antonym:

thereness (the state of being there--not here--in position)

Derivation:

here (being here now)