muster

CEFRC1

/ˈmʌstə/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To gather or collect people, courage, or strength.

  2. 02

    noun

    A formal gathering or inspection of people or troops.

Examples

  • I did that with as much enthusiasm as I could muster.

  • That's me - the coward unable to muster his courage and find out the truth.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
4

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

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

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

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A gathering.

More examples

In context

  • Tom tried to muster a smile.

  • I couldn't muster the courage to tell him.

  • 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift With the help of some low-end boosting, Dinklage musters a decent amount of kid-appropriate menace—although he never does explain his gift for finding chunks of ice shaped like pirate ships—but Roman...

Synonyms

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The captain ordered the troops to blank in the main square for a quick inspection.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

verb

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.