1. To summon or gather strength, support, or other available resources.
2. To bring people together for inspection or organized action.
3. An assembly or inspection of people, especially troops.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- muster evidence
- muster courage
On the page
She could muster no evidence for the allegation.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- muster
- Past tense
- mustered
- Past participle
- mustered
- Present participle
- mustering
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- muster
- Present continuous
- am/is/are mustering
- Present perfect
- have/has mustered
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been mustering
- Past
- mustered
- Past continuous
- was/were mustering
- Past perfect
- had mustered
- Past perfect continuous
- had been mustering
- Future
- will muster
- Future continuous
- will be mustering
- Future perfect
- will have mustered
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been mustering
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: analysis / argumentation / evidence. Forms: muster; musters; mustered; mustered; mustering. Noun singular muster; plural musters. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: argumentation, evidence, inference. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: musters.
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