MUSTER


Meaning of MUSTER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ mʌstə(r) ]

( 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

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