master

Plural

masters

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.Someone who has control over something or someone.

   • When I have thus made myself master of a hundred thousand drachmas […].
   • We are masters of the sea.

2. 2.The owner of an animal or slave.

   • It takes years to master a foreign language.

3. 3.Someone who employs others.

   • No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.

4. 4.The captain of a merchant ship; a master mariner.

   • It takes years to master a foreign language.

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

1. 1.Masterful.

2. 2.Main, principal or predominant.

3. 3.Highly skilled.

   • In another minute she lay peaceful and motionless under the anæsthetic, a statue, immobile, yet expressionful, as though carved by some master hand.

4. 4.Original.

Overall

Common· #1397

By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Uncommon

General reading & writing

Common

Academic

Rare

Literature

Rare