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UK
/mˈɑːstɐ/
]
[ US /ˈmæstɝ/ ]
[ US /ˈmæstɝ/ ]
NOUN
- an authority qualified to teach apprentices
- presiding officer of a school
- a person who has general authority over others
- someone who holds a master's degree from academic institution
- a combatant who is able to defeat rivals
- an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship
- directs the work of others
- key that secures entrance everywhere
-
an artist of consummate skill
a master of the violin
one of the old masters - an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made
VERB
-
get on top of; deal with successfully
He overcame his shyness
He overcame his shyness -
have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of
Do you control these data? -
have dominance or the power to defeat over
The methods can master the problems
Her pain completely mastered her -
be or become completely proficient or skilled in
She mastered Japanese in less than two years
ADJECTIVE
-
most important element
policemen were primary targets
the chief aim of living
the principal example
the master bedroom
a master switch
the main doors were of solid glass
the principal rivers of America
How To Use master In A Sentence
- It is, we learned, easier to learn to fly a plane than to master touch-typing. Radio review: Fry's English Delight: The Trial Of Qwerty
- Dom recognized a master tactician when he saw one. SOMEDAY MY PRINCE
- On the fives court, his nervous housemaster could relax, “rushing about,” as Roald described it, “shrieking what a little fool he is, and calling himself all sorts of names when he misses the ball.” Storyteller
- Aliquot 10μ l of the master mix for each DNA to be analyzed into a reaction tube.
- Striking that balance between old and new will always be difficult, but after a few numbers here, memories of their old bandmaster begin to fade.
- From there the year had its high points - two Masters Series titles in Miami and Rome helped with that - but the Grand Slam events continued to pose a problem.
- The Yellow Wallpaper is the masterpiece of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, a wellknown American feminist pioneer and writer.
- It was growing increasingly obvious as I defended myself against her attack that she was simply toying with me, drawing out my technique as a schoolmaster draws recitations from his students.
- Yet this masterful, luminous image places him in the august company of the renowned landscapist John Knox, with whom he worked on a series of views of Glasgow.
- Most rural stations had a staff of at least six, and perhaps up to a dozen, who them carried out the duties of stationmaster, signalman, booking clerk, ticket collector, porter, shunter, lengthman and lampman.
