Meaning

9 senses
  1. A gathering.

    An assemblage or display; a gathering, collection of people or things.

    Versammlung, Ansammlung, Menge

    сборsbor

  2. An assembling or review of troops, as for parade, verification of numbers, inspection, exercise, or introduction into service.

    Musterung, Inspektion

    сбо́рsbór, смо́трsmótr, сбо́рыsbóry

  3. The sum total of an army when assembled for review and inspection; the whole number of effective men in an army.

  4. (Australia, New Zealand)A roundup of livestock for inspection, branding, drenching, shearing etc.

    сго́нsgón

  5. Showing.

    (collective)A group of peafowl, storks or sometimes other birds.

  6. Synonym of mustee.

  7. Showing.

    (obsolete)Something shown for imitation; a pattern.

    Muster

    смотрsmotr, осмо́трosmótr

  8. (obsolete)A sample of goods.

  9. (obsolete)An act of showing something; a display.

    Ausstellung

    пока́зpokáz

More definitions
  • a gathering of military personnel for duty
  • compulsory military service

Examples

32 sentences
  1. Tom finally mustered up the courage to ask Mary out.

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  2. Tom finally mustered up the courage to tell Mary the truth.

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  3. She finally mustered up the courage to ask him for more money.

    deSie fasste sich endlich ein Herz und bat ihn um mehr Geld.

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  4. Tom finally mustered up the courage to ask Mary to marry him.

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  5. 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.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 5
any assemblage or display:
assembling or review of troops:
roundup of cattle:
something shown for imitation:
show; display:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
any assemblage or display:
assembling or review of troops:
something shown for imitation:
show; display:

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: musters
Singularmuster
Pluralmusters

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • finally mustered up
  • mustered up the
  • finally mustered

See also

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