muster
verb/ˈmʌstə(r)/
/ˈmʌstər/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they muster | /ˈmʌstə(r)/ /ˈmʌstər/ |
| he / she / it musters | /ˈmʌstəz/ /ˈmʌstərz/ |
| past simple mustered | /ˈmʌstəd/ /ˈmʌstərd/ |
| past participle mustered | /ˈmʌstəd/ /ˈmʌstərd/ |
| -ing form mustering | /ˈmʌstərɪŋ/ /ˈmʌstərɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] muster something (up) to find as much support, courage, etc. as you can synonym summon
- We mustered what support we could for the plan.
- She left the room with all the dignity she could muster.
- He could muster only 154 votes at the election.
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- [intransitive, transitive] to come together or to bring people, especially soldiers, together, for example for military action synonym gather
- The troops mustered.
- The force mustered 1 000 strong.
- muster somebody/something to muster an army
- The navy could muster 44 warships.
- [transitive] muster something (Australian English, New Zealand English) to gather together sheep or cows
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French moustrer (verb), moustre (noun), from Latin monstrare ‘to show’.
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