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- [mas-ter, mah-ster]
- /ˈmæs tər, ˈmɑ stər/
- /ˈmɑːstə(r)/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [mas-ter, mah-ster]
- /ˈmæs tər, ˈmɑ stər/
Definitions of master word
- abbreviation Technical meaning of MASTER botmaster 3
- noun master a degree awarded by a graduate school or department, usually to a person who has completed at least one year of graduate study. 1
- adjective master being master; exercising mastery; dominant. 1
- adjective master chief or principal: a master list. 1
- adjective master directing or controlling: a master switch. 1
- adjective master of or relating to a master from which copies are made: master film; master matrix; master record; master tape. 1
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Origin of master
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English maistre, maister, Old English magister < Latin; akin to magnus great
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Master
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
master popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
master usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for master
noun master
- administrator — An administrator is a person whose job involves helping to organize and supervise the way that an organization or institution functions.
- guru — ("Guru") 1469–1539, Indian religious leader: founder of Sikhism.
- ruler — a person who rules or governs; sovereign.
- boss — Your boss is the person in charge of the organization or department where you work.
- director — a person or thing that directs.
verb master
- grasp — to seize and hold by or as if by clasping with the fingers or arms.
- understand — to perceive the meaning of; grasp the idea of; comprehend: to understand Spanish; I didn't understand your question.
- comprehend — If you cannot comprehend something, you cannot understand it.
- swamp — a tract of wet, spongy land, often having a growth of certain types of trees and other vegetation, but unfit for cultivation.
- cram — If you cram things or people into a container or place, you put them into it, although there is hardly enough room for them.
adjective master
- main — chief in size, extent, or importance; principal; leading: the company's main office; the main features of a plan.
- leading — made of or containing lead: a lead pipe; a lead compound.
- dominant — ruling, governing, or controlling; having or exerting authority or influence: dominant in the chain of command.
- controlling — having or attempting to exert control
- directing — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
Antonyms for master
noun master
- worker — a person or thing that works.
- follower — a person or thing that follows.
- student — a person formally engaged in learning, especially one enrolled in a school or college; pupil: a student at Yale.
- pupil — the expanding and contracting opening in the iris of the eye, through which light passes to the retina.
- servant — a person employed by another, especially to perform domestic duties.
verb master
- misunderstand — to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
- mistake — an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc.
- misinterpret — Interpret (something or someone) wrongly.
- fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
adjective master
- secondary — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
- inferior — lower in station, rank, degree, or grade (often followed by to): a rank inferior to colonel.
- insignificant — unimportant, trifling, or petty: Omit the insignificant details.
- lesser — small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
- little — small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
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