Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - muster
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Muster
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~1 v 1 muster (up) courage/support/energy etc to try to find as much courage, support etc as you can in order to do something difficult (Finally I mustered up the courage to ask her out. | Senator Newbolt has been trying to muster support for his proposals.) 2 to gather a group of people, especially soldiers, together in one place, or to come together as a group (In April 1185 he began to muster an army.) ~2 n 1 pass muster to be accepted as good enough (Jackson wasn't a great player, but he just about passed muster.) 2 especially literary a group of people, especially soldiers, that have been gathered together
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(musters, mustering, mustered) 1. If you muster something such as support, strength, or energy, you gather as much of it as you can in order to do something. He travelled around West Africa trying to muster support for his movement... VERB: V n 2. When soldiers muster or are mustered, they gather together in one place in order to take part in a military action. The men mustered before their clan chiefs... The general had mustered his troops north of the Hindu Kush. = gather VERB: V, V n 3. If someone or something passes muster, they are good enough for the thing they are needed for. I could not pass muster in his language... If it doesn’t pass muster, a radio station could have its license challenged. PHRASE: V inflects ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English mustre, from Anglo-French mostre, monstre, from mustrer Date: 14th century 1. a representative specimen ; sample 2. a. an act of assembling; specifically formal military inspection b. critical examination c. an assembled group ; collection d. inventory II. verb (~ed; ~ing) Etymology: Middle English mustren to show, ~, from Anglo-French mustrer, monstrer, from Latin monstrare to show, from monstrum evil omen, monster — more at monster Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. a. to cause to gather ; convene b. to enroll formally — usually used with in or into was ~ed into the army c. to call the roll of 2. a. to bring together ; collect b. to call forth ; rouse 3. to amount to ; comprise intransitive verb to come together ; congregate Synonyms: see summon ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. & n. --v. 1 tr. collect (orig. soldiers) for inspection, to check numbers, etc. 2 tr. & intr. collect, gather together. 3 tr. Austral. round up (livestock). --n. 1 the assembly of persons for inspection. 2 an assembly, a collection. 3 Austral. a rounding up of livestock. 4 Austral. sl. attendance (at a meeting, etc.) (had a good muster). Phrases and idioms muster-book a book for registering military personnel. muster in US enrol (recruits). muster out US discharge (soldiers etc.). muster-roll an official list of officers and men in a regiment or ship's company. muster up collect or summon (courage, strength, etc.). pass muster be accepted as adequate. Derivatives musterer n. (in sense 3 of n. & v.). Etymology: ME f. OF mo(u)stre ult. f. L monstrare show ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. сбор (для проверки, осмотра); смотр; осмотр, освидетельствование; перекличка, поверка to make (to take) muster —- воен. сделать (провести) смотр to pass muster —- воен. пройти осмотр (проверку); выдержать испытание (экзамен); оказаться годным (приемлемым); быть удовлетворительным work that will pass muster —- работа, которая будет принята (пройдет) 2. собрание, сбор; скопление; коллекция 3. общее число (людей или вещей); все присутствующие; все собранное in full muster —- в полном составе 4. воен. список личного состава 5. мор. судовая роль to call the muster —- сделать перекличку 6. ком. образец a few musters of new goods —- несколько образцов новых товаров 7. собирать (часто muster up) to muster the soldiers —- собрать солдат на перекличку и т. п. all the food I could muster —- вся еда, которую я смог раздобыть to muster a unit —- воен. формировать часть to muster (up) all one's courage —- собрать все свое мужество to muster one's thoughts —- собраться с мыслями to muster all one's strength —- собраться с силами, мобилизовать все свои силы 8. мор. делать перекличку 9. собираться (также muster up) to muster for roll-call —- собраться на перекличку 10. насчитывать a society that musters a hundred members —- общество, насчитывающее сто членов we mustered ten —- нас набралось десять (человек) 11. воен. зачислять...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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in вербовать, набирать (войска) MUSTER out увольнять, демобилизовать MUSTER up собирать; to muster up courage собрать все свое мужество; to muster up ones strength собраться с силами MUSTER 1. noun 1) сбор, смотр; осмотр, освидетельствование; перекличка; - pass muster - stand muster 2) mil.; = muster-roll 3) скопление, общее число (людей или вещей) 4) rare стая 2. v. 1) собирать(ся) 2) проверять - muster in - muster out - muster up Syn: see gather ...Англо-русский словарь
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- early 14c., from O.Fr. mostrer, from L. monstrare "to show," from monstrum "omen, sign." Originally in Eng. "to display, reveal, appear;" meaning "gather troops" is c.1400. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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