muster
A gatheringA gathering.: An assemblage or display; a gathering, collection of people or things.
» Tom finally mustered up the courage to ask Mary out.
Meaning
9 sensesA gathering.
An assemblage or display; a gathering, collection of people or things.
Versammlung, Ansammlung, Menge
сборsbor
An assembling or review of troops, as for parade, verification of numbers, inspection, exercise, or introduction into service.
Musterung, Inspektion
сбо́рsbór, смо́трsmótr, сбо́рыsbóry
The sum total of an army when assembled for review and inspection; the whole number of effective men in an army.
(Australia, New Zealand)A roundup of livestock for inspection, branding, drenching, shearing etc.
сго́нsgón
Showing.
(collective)A group of peafowl, storks or sometimes other birds.
Synonym of mustee.
Showing.
(obsolete)Something shown for imitation; a pattern.
Muster
смотрsmotr, осмо́трosmótr
(obsolete)A sample of goods.
(obsolete)An act of showing something; a display.
Ausstellung
пока́зpokáz
- a gathering of military personnel for duty
- compulsory military service
Examples
32 sentencesTom finally mustered up the courage to ask Mary out.
Tom finally mustered up the courage to tell Mary the truth.
She finally mustered up the courage to ask him for more money.
deSie fasste sich endlich ein Herz und bat ihn um mehr Geld.
Tom finally mustered up the courage to ask Mary to marry him.
Tom finally mustered up the courage to say what needed to be said.
deTom hat schließlich den Mut gefasst, das zu sagen, was gesagt werden musste.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 5
By meaning 4
Origin
From Middle English musteren, borrowed from Anglo-Norman mostrer, Middle French monstrer,From Middle English musteren, borrowed from Anglo-Norman mostrer, Middle French monstrer, moustrer (whence the noun monstre, which gave the English noun), from Latin mōnstrō (“to show”), from moneō (“to admonish”). Cognate with French montrer (“to show”), Italian mostrare (“to show”), Spanish mostrar (“to show”). See also monster.
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Forms
plural: mustersSynonyms
7 synonyms- compulsory military service:conscriptiondraftselective service
Word family
5 related wordsCollocations
3 patterns- finally mustered up
- mustered up the
- finally mustered