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UK
/mˈɑːstɐ/
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[ 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
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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
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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
- 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.
- If you look at the guys left in the battle, you ask who is the puppet master, who belongs to who? The Sun
- 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.
- She probably didn't appreciate that the master was without jurisdiction to make that order since her predecessor had obtained it.
- Matters went on pretty well with us until my master was seized with a severe fit of illness, in consequence of which his literary scheme was completely defeated, and his condition in life materially injured; of course, the glad tones of encouragement which I had been accustomed to hear were changed into expressions of condolence, and sometimes assurances of unabated friendship; but then it must be remembered that I, the handsomest blue coat, was _still in good condition_, and it will perhaps appear, that if I were not my master's The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 262, July 7, 1827
- And like at school, the headmaster and his associates want to make sure everyone is on best behaviour.
- She had a master's degree in botany from the University of Maryland. Spring has sprung gardeners, and 3 in 4 Americans can dig it
- Advertising was forbidden, and the idea that one master guildsman might produce a better product than his colleagues was regarded as treasonable. The Worldly Philosophers