muster (redirected from mustered out)

mus·ter  (mstr)

v. mus·tered, mus·ter·ing, mus·ters

v.tr.

1. To call (troops) together, as for inspection.

2. To cause to come together; gather: Bring all the volunteers you can muster.

3. To call forth; summon up: mustering up her strength for the ordeal. See Synonyms at call.

v.intr.

To assemble or gather: mustering for inspection.

n.

1.

a. A gathering, especially of troops, for service, inspection, review, or roll call.

b. The persons assembled for such a gathering.

2. A muster roll.

3. A gathering or collection: a muster of business leaders at a luncheon.

4. A flock of peacocks. See Synonyms at flock¹.

Phrasal Verbs:

muster in

To enlist or be enlisted in military service: She mustered in at the age of 18.

muster out

To discharge or be discharged from military service: He was mustered out when the war ended.

Idiom:

pass muster

To be judged as acceptable.

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[Middle English mustren, from Old French moustrer, from Latin mnstrre, to show, from mnstrum, sign, portent, from monre, to warn; see men-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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muster

Verb

1. to summon or gather: I put as much disbelief in my expression as I could muster

2. to call or be called together for duty or inspection: the battalion mustered on the bank of the river

Noun

1. an assembly of military personnel for duty or inspection

2. a collection, assembly, or gathering

3. pass muster to be acceptable [Latin monstrare to show]

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Muster, Mustering a number of things or persons assembled on a particular occasion; a collection, as a muster of peacocks—Johnson, 1755. See also levy.

Examples: mustering of horses, 1835; muster of peacocks, 1470; mustering of storks; muster of troops.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	muster - a gathering of military personnel for duty; "he was thrown in the brig for missing muster" assemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one place armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
	2.	muster - compulsory military service           conscription, selective service, draft militarisation, militarization, mobilization, mobilisation - act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: "mobilization of the troops" levy en masse, levy - the act of drafting into military service armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
Verb	1.	muster - gather or bring together; "muster the courage to do something"; "she rallied her intellect"; "Summon all your courage" muster up, rally, summon, come up gather, pull together, collect, garner - assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together"
	2.	muster - call to duty, military service, jury duty, etc. send for, call - order, request, or command to come; "She was called into the director's office"; "Call the police!"

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muster

verb 1. summon up, collect, call up, marshal

verb 2. rally, group, gather, assemble, round up, marshal, mobilize, call together

verb 3. assemble, meet, come together, convene, congregate, convoke

noun 4. assembly, meeting, collection, gathering, rally, convention, congregation, roundup, mobilization, hui N.Z. concourse, assemblage, convocation, runanga N.Z. pass muster be acceptable, qualify, measure up, make the grade, fill the bill (informal) be or come up to scratch

Translations

muster [ˈmʌstəʳ] vt → juntar, reunir;

(also: muster up) → reunir: [+ courage]; armarse de

muster [ˈmʌstəʳ] vt → rassembler;

(also: muster up) [+ strength, courage]; rassembler

muster [ˈmʌstəʳ] vt (support) → zusammenbekommen;

(also: muster up) (energy, strength, courage) → aufbringen;

(troops, members) → antreten lassen

n to pass muster → den Anforderungen genügen

muster [ˈmʌstəʳ] vt → radunare;

(also: muster up) [+ strength, courage]; fare appello a

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muster

v muster [ˈmastə]

1 to gather together (especially soldiers for duty or inspection). versamel, oproep يَحْشِد събиране shromáždit; nechat nastoupit samle antreten lassen συγκεντρώνω reunir(se) (ülevaatuseks) kogunema فراخواندن kokoontua rassembler לְגַייֵס एकत्र करना, जुटाना proći smotru felsorakoztat mengumpulkan safna saman, kalla saman adunare; (passare in rassegna) 召集する 소집하다; 집합하다 rinkti(s) sapulcināt perhimpunan bijeenroepen samle sammen, stille opp zwołać, zebrać ajuntamento a se reuni, a se aduna собирать zhromaždiť zbrati smotra ställa upp รวบรวม toplanmak 集合 збиратися اکٹھا کرنا sự tập hợp 集合

2 to gather (courage, energy etc) He mustered his energy for a final effort. oproep يَجْمَع трупам sebrat, soustředit samle aufbieten επιστρατεύω reunir kokku võtma جمع اورى کردن koota rassembler לֶאֱזוֹר एकत्र हो जाना skupiti összeszed mengerahkan safna hugrekki/kröftum raccogliere, fare appello a 奮い起こす (...을) 불러일으키다, 모으다 (su)kaupti, (su)kelti sakopot (spēkus u.tml.); saņemties mengumpulkan verzamelen samle (mot) zebrać się w sobie, zmobilizować reunir a strânge собирать(ся) pozbierať zbrati sakupiti samla, uppbåda ทำให้กล้า toplamak 鼓起 збирати ہمت جٹانا sự tập trung 鼓起