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muster
[ muhs-ter ]
verb (used with object)
- to assemble (troops, a ship's crew, etc.), as for battle, display, inspection, orders, or discharge.
Synonyms: , ,
Antonyms: ,
- to gather, summon, rouse (often followed by up ):
He mustered all his courage.
verb (used without object)
- to assemble for inspection, service, etc., as troops or forces.
- to come together; collect; assemble; gather.
Synonyms: ,
Antonyms: ,
noun
- an assembling of troops or persons for formal inspection or other purposes.
Synonyms: , ,
- an assemblage or collection.
- the act of mustering.
- Also called muster roll. (formerly) a list of the persons enrolled in a military or naval unit.
verb phrase
- to discharge from service in the armed forces:
He will be mustered out of the army in only two more months.
- to enlist into service in the armed forces.
muster
/ ˈ³¾ÊŒ²õ³ÙÉ™ /
verb
- to call together (numbers of men) for duty, inspection, etc, or (of men) to assemble in this way
- to enlist into military service
- to discharge from military service
- tr to round up (livestock)
- trsometimes foll byup to summon or gather
to muster up courage
to muster one's arguments
noun
- an assembly of military personnel for duty, inspection, etc
- a collection, assembly, or gathering
- the rounding up of livestock
- a flock of peacocks
- pass musterto be acceptable
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ±è°ù±ð·³¾³Ü²õt±ð°ù verb (used with object)
- ³Ü²Ô·³¾³Ü²õt±ð°ù±ð»å adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of muster1
Idioms and Phrases
- pass muster,
- to pass a cursory inspection.
- to measure up to a certain standard; be adequate:
Your grades don't pass muster.
More idioms and phrases containing muster
In addition to the idiom beginning with muster , also see pass muster .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Is this his shot to muster some courage and impress Mook?
Project Rise tried to muster a bid last summer but what happened next is in dispute.
He then tries to hang the dog, but can’t muster the wickedness there either.
Lord Coe meanwhile - the highest profile candidate with a CV that boasts overseeing London 2012 and running World Athletics - could only muster a meagre eight votes.
That is pretty much all the energy we can muster to face life right now.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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