| 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. |
then (ðɛn) ![]() | |
| —adv | |
| 1. | at that time; over that period of time |
| 2. | (sentence modifier) in that case; that being so: then why don't you ask her?; if he comes, then you'll have to leave; go on then, take it |
| 3. | then and there See there |
| —sentence connector | |
| 4. | after that; with that: then John left the room and didn't return |
| —n | |
| 5. | that time: before then; from then on |
| —adj | |
| 6. | (prenominal) existing, functioning, etc, at that time: the then prime minister |
| [Old English thenne; related to Old Saxon, Old High German thanna; see | |
then
In addition to the idioms beginning with then, also see and then some; every now and then.