| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
here (hɪə) ![]() | |
| —adv | |
| 1. | in, at, or to this place, point, case, or respect: we come here every summer; here, the policemen do not usually carry guns; here comes Roy |
| 2. | here and there at several places in or throughout an area |
| 3. | here goes an exclamation indicating that the speaker is about to perform an action |
| 4. | here's to a formula used in proposing a toast to someone or something |
| 5. | here today, gone tomorrow short-lived; transitory |
| 6. | here we go again an event or process is about to repeat itself |
| 7. | neither here nor there of no relevance or importance |
| 8. | this here See this |
| —n | |
| 9. | this place: they leave here tonight |
| 10. | here and now, the here and now the present time |
| [Old English hēr; related to Old Norse hēr, Old High German hiar, Old Saxon hīr] | |
here goes
An expression or exclamation declaring one's resolution to do something, as in This hill is steeper than any I've skied before, but here goes! This usage is sometimes amplified to here goes nothing, meaning one is starting something that one doubts will succeed, as in I've never tried this before, but here goes nothing. [Early 1800s]
here one goes again. Someone is repeating the same action or speech, especially an undesirable one. For example, Here he goes again, criticizing all his colleagues, or The power's out
here we go again. [Colloquial; mid-1900s]