muster
To be gathered together for parade, inspection, exercise, or the likeTo be gathered together for parade, inspection, exercise, or the like (especially of a military force); to come together as parts of a force or body.
» Tom finally mustered up the courage to ask Mary out.
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6 senses(intransitive)To be gathered together for parade, inspection, exercise, or the like (especially of a military force); to come together as parts of a force or body.
versammeln
(transitive)To collect, call or assemble together, such as troops or a group for inspection, orders, display etc.
(US, transitive)To enroll (into service).
in Verkehr bringen
(Australia, New Zealand, transitive)To gather or round up livestock.
gather or bring together
(transitive)To look within oneself to summon (a particular positive quality, such as strength, energy or courage); see: muster up.
I couldn't muster the courage to tell him.
(obsolete, transitive)To show, exhibit.
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. — raggione
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. — pne
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 2
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
musters, mustering, mustered, musteredPhrasal verbs
3 phrasal verbsSynonyms
5 synonymsWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
3 patterns- finally mustered up
- mustered up the
- finally mustered
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.