transcription, транскрипция: [ mɑ:stə(r), mæs- ]
( masters, mastering, mastered)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A servant’s master is the man that he or she works for.
My master ordered me not to deliver the message except in private...
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2.
A dog’s master is the man or boy who owns it.
The dog yelped excitedly when his master opened a desk drawer and produced his leash.
N-COUNT : usu poss N
3.
If you say that someone is a master of a particular activity, you mean that they are extremely skilled at it.
They appear masters in the art of making regulations work their way.
N-COUNT : usu N of/at/in n / -ing
see also past master
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Master is also an adjective.
...a master craftsman.
...a master criminal.
ADJ : ADJ n
4.
If you are master of a situation, you have complete control over it.
Jackson remained calm and always master of his passions...
N-VAR : usu N of n
5.
If you master something, you learn how to do it properly or you succeed in understanding it completely.
Duff soon mastered the skills of radio production...
Students are expected to master a second language.
VERB : V n , V n
6.
If you master a difficult situation, you succeed in controlling it.
When you have mastered one situation you have to go on to the next...
VERB : V n
7.
A famous male painter of the past is often called a master .
...a portrait by the Dutch master, Vincent Van Gogh.
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see also old master
8.
A master copy of something such as a film or a tape recording is an original copy that can be used to produce other copies.
Keep one as a master copy for your own reference and circulate the others.
ADJ : ADJ n
9.
A master’s degree can be referred to as a master’s .
I’ve a master’s in economics.
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