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muster
[ muhs-ter ]
verb (used with object)
- to assemble (troops, a ship's crew, etc.), as for battle, display, inspection, orders, or discharge.
Synonyms: , ,
Antonyms: ,
- to gather, summon, rouse (often followed by up ):
He mustered all his courage.
verb (used without object)
- to assemble for inspection, service, etc., as troops or forces.
- to come together; collect; assemble; gather.
Synonyms: ,
Antonyms: ,
noun
- an assembling of troops or persons for formal inspection or other purposes.
Synonyms: , ,
- an assemblage or collection.
- the act of mustering.
- Also called muster roll. (formerly) a list of the persons enrolled in a military or naval unit.
verb phrase
- to discharge from service in the armed forces:
He will be mustered out of the army in only two more months.
- to enlist into service in the armed forces.
muster
/ ˈʌə /
verb
- to call together (numbers of men) for duty, inspection, etc, or (of men) to assemble in this way
- to enlist into military service
- to discharge from military service
- tr to round up (livestock)
- trsometimes foll byup to summon or gather
to muster up courage
to muster one's arguments
noun
- an assembly of military personnel for duty, inspection, etc
- a collection, assembly, or gathering
- the rounding up of livestock
- a flock of peacocks
- pass musterto be acceptable
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·ܲt verb (used with object)
- ܲ·ܲt adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of muster1
Idioms and Phrases
- pass muster,
- to pass a cursory inspection.
- to measure up to a certain standard; be adequate:
Your grades don't pass muster.
More idioms and phrases containing muster
In addition to the idiom beginning with muster , also see pass muster .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
They were unable to contain Jamal Murray in falling behind by 22 points in the fourth quarter and unable to muster enough energy in losing 131-115 on Tuesday night at Ball Arena.
The Dodgers entered Saturday night’s game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on a three-game losing streak with hits and runs increasingly difficult to muster.
At 48, Miller had floundered and bumbled through a 20-year career, to the dismay of his superiors, who could not muster the will to fire him.
That’s a prescient thought, given the only intelligible question one can muster once they see Gaga’s 25-foot dress for the opening act is, “How?”
It felt simple, real and far more me than any flowery prose I could muster.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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