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noun ˈmɑːstəˈmæstər 1historical A man who has people working for him, especially servants or slaves. he acceded to his master's wishes Example sentencesExamples - The old law of master and servant saw the master as the head of the family.
- The third type of government in the household is that of the lord over his slaves and the master over his servants…
- Towns were also visited by plantation slaves, on their masters ' business or coming to sell the few vegetables and fruits they had managed to produce for market.
- Buying them back from the master is disastrous, as it encourages the master to keep more slaves.
- By 1640 the social structure of the island consisted of masters, servants, and slaves.
Synonyms lord, overlord, lord and master, ruler, sovereign, monarch, liege, liege lord, suzerain overseer, superintendent, director, manager, controller, leader, governor, commander, padrone, captain, head, headman, boss, principal, employer, foreman informal chief, top dog, honcho, head honcho, Big Chief, Big Daddy British informal gaffer, guv'nor North American informal kahuna, sachem - 1.1 A person who has complete control of something.
he was master of the situation Example sentencesExamples - Last evening, the master of all situations difficult went for a walk to make tough decisions.
- But for the Prime Minister, usually the great master of these situations, it was close to a disaster.
- Choice must be available, so that the photographer may remain master of the situation
- Once masters of the situation, it is said, the zeal of those who promised reform mutated into a zeal to preserve their private wealth and that of their friends.
- They were simply awesome, quite the masters of the situation.
Synonyms lord, overlord, lord and master, ruler, sovereign, monarch, liege, liege lord, suzerain - 1.2dated A male head of a household.
Example sentencesExamples - The head of the household was a master to whom all other members had to submit in exchange for his protection.
- In fact, young men needed willing women to assist them in assuming the status of household masters.
- He asked me what my business was and I told him I had a letter of introduction for the master of the household.
- He is a father, a master of household, a countryman, and hence a consummate member of a community.
- He was the independent master of a peasant household, whose position was protected by the king's law.
- 1.3 The owner of a dog, horse, or other domesticated animal.
in many ways dogs reflect the styles of their masters Example sentencesExamples - They also went a good distance away from the horse and its master.
- Even the animals knew their masters were excited, and were thus excited themselves.
- A white horse taking to the air, with his master astride it and the groom hanging on to the tail, represents renunciation.
- In these stories, the horse accompanies his master through all kinds of hardships and danger.
- It swam round the boat until its master, leaning over the bow, caught the animal by its short stump of a tail.
- They had slowed down a bit a while back, the horse perhaps sensing its master's grip was not as tight, or that he was not as attentive as usual.
- His master got on after him, gave the horse a gentle kick, and she trotted towards the path leading out of the village.
- A little more leaning around the tree and I saw two white horses, grazing while their masters were still preoccupied.
- Remember also that the Guide Dog is a highly trained animal and will only heed the voice of his master.
- The animals on the farm revolt against their master, Jones.
- The forest was still and quiet; the horses watched their masters placidly.
- The horse turned his head, regarding his master with confused eyes.
- In all hunting cultures there is an owner; sometimes a master, but more often a mistress of the beasts.
- But wild animals have been known to turn on their masters and well-intentioned defenders.
- The men were getting closer, and the poor horse couldn't carry her master.
- The owners are not masters, but companions, say the volunteers.
- The horse walked to his master, and Haiden mounted it the best he could without his vision.
- With one crack of his whip into the air, the horses followed their master's command and began their foot cadence once again.
- I glared at her, the glare a maddened trapped animal gives its master.
- The young people looked at all the animals flying away, at the dogs that bit their masters and were surprised at their pet's behavior.
- 1.4 A machine or device directly controlling another.
as modifier a master cylinder Compare with slave Example sentencesExamples - The main advantage of the cluster is that the computation power depends on the number of computers one adds to the master machine.
- The master and slave devices are connected by a single address bus, a write data bus and a read data bus.
- One device acts as a master and the devices connected to it act as slaves.
- Whenever a machine becomes master, it takes over the virtual server address and continues with its original.
2A man in charge of an organization or group. Example sentencesExamples - They had to act according to the dictates of the political masters.
- In French Indo-China, the Japanese kept the former colonial masters in nominal command.
- Success depends on an identity of goals between soldiers and their political masters, and a clear chain of command.
- The council's political masters would rather watch while the city chokes than get serious about exhaust fumes.
- Promptly at 4: 15 p.m., we were instructed by master of ceremonies.
- It was my first time playing in an RPG, let alone being the game master for one.
- It's more like playing the game masters in a massive continuous role-playing session.
- The vice-chairperson of the organising committee will be master of ceremonies.
Synonyms lord, overlord, lord and master, ruler, sovereign, monarch, liege, liege lord, suzerain - 2.1British A male schoolteacher.
Example sentencesExamples - From 1857 until 1865 he was mathematics master at Harrow School.
- In 1884 he went to Lancing College as a sixth-form master, developing an interest in Roman epigraphy in his leisure.
- He noted that in most schools the art master was often not given much importance.
- All the cricketing vices for which prep school masters rebuke their charges were there.
- The master rattled off numbers at speed to be added, multiplied, etc and at the end hands shot up.
- Then from 1874 to 1892 he was mathematics and science master at Glasgow High School.
- The master of the public school said he was unable to make any further comment.
- When he protested his innocence, his schoolmates sided with the master.
- Although he was a languages teacher, he was originally taken on at the school as a PE master.
- Look at him, walking around like he's the day master at a boarding school.
- He is the school's third master, a housemaster and its head of Christian Theology.
- Le Carré first met Green when the latter was chaplain and assistant master at Sherborne School, Dorset.
- He heard some of the teachers and the academy master sorting through names.
- Gone are the days when schools had masters, who commanded respect be it in the classroom or on the playing fields.
- To earn a living he became the art master in a school for young ladies in Liverpool.
- The games master would insist on everyone rattling along the floor, pounding on the springboard and doing amazing acrobatics above the large wooden horse.
- There was famously, possibly apocryphally, a public school classics master who took early retirement to go and become a Masai wife.
- At high school he was lucky to have a great hockey enthusiast as his school master.
- He played the role throughout the series but his fellow pupils and the masters of Greyfriars School were portrayed by different actors during the show's long run.
Synonyms teacher, schoolteacher, schoolmaster, tutor, instructor, pedagogue rare preceptor - 2.2 The head of a college or school.
Example sentencesExamples - The essays have to be attested by the class teacher or the head masters of the respective school.
- He held the regius chair of Greek at Oxford for nearly 40 years and was master of Balliol College for more than 20 years.
- First there was a general interview at which the candidates were grilled by the master, dean, senior tutor, and fellows of the subject.
- The rogue gave the master of the college as referee, but in view of his story, the bank opened the account and collected the cheque without making enquiries.
- 2.3 The presiding officer of a livery company or Masonic lodge.
Example sentencesExamples - The master's lodge is also scheduled for a makeover, likely to cost £500,000.
- He is very high up in the lodge, past Worshipful master.
- This is an annual event, which is the result of what is considered to be the master of the lodge's annual charity appeal.
Synonyms guru, teacher, spiritual leader, guide, mentor, torch-bearer, swami, Roshi, Maharishi - 2.4 The captain of a merchant ship.
Example sentencesExamples - Safety used to be a matter for the ship's master but he now has a computer programme in his office to alert him whenever a scheduled safety inspection is due on any of his boats.
- They were able to swim down and then out of the hull to join eight other tourists and the yacht's master on the deck linking the hulls of the upturned craft.
- The assured, if not present, would receive notice of the disaster from his agent, the master of the ship.
- Your Honour, there were two parties prosecuted in each case, the master of the ship and the owner of the ship.
- First, you are a ship's master called upon to rescue some 430 people in the Indian Ocean.
- The term used here refers to the command of a ship's master to his men, or a military officer to his soldiers.
- A large island was named Thistle's Island, after the ship's master and one of the eight drowned.
- The ship's master, observing this, remarked, ‘I would give a hundred guineas for the faith of that child’.
- The master of the ship was in command at the time of the incident.
- He was now the master of three ships and employed over two-dozen individuals.
- A mariner emerges from the hatchway and climbs the rigging, while below the boatswain and ship's master are thrown about on deck.
- As dawn broke, with the master's consent, sailors from the ship boarded the vessel.
- The boatswain and master of the ship appear to say that it has been magically repaired and that the crew is safe.
- During the trip, Jones unexpectedly became the ship's master when its captain and first mate died suddenly.
- Three crew members, including the ship's master, are being questioned, according to a government statement.
- When the passage was half over, I observed the ship's master in tears arguing with his men, which made me very uneasy.
- What the plaintiffs did then was to sue the purchasers of the indigo, which had been sold by the master of the ship, for the balance.
- Heather, who will work with three crew, qualified as a ship's master in 1979.
- Long ago masters of ships found it comforting to find such beacons of light in the darkness.
- The master of the ship gives him a look of reproach, but says nothing.
Synonyms captain, skipper, commander - 2.5 The person in control of a pack of hounds.
the master of the Aylesbury Vale Hunt Example sentencesExamples - They have been bred to be vicious and as proof I can look no further than a late relative of mine who was a master of the hounds.
- The mens' horns sounded in triumph, and the master of hounds set his dogs baying.
- The poisoning of hounds forced half a dozen masters of packs of foxhounds to abandon hunting altogether, to the detriment of the local economy.
- I can't see any master of hounds wanting to keep a pack of animals when they are serving no purpose.
- He said: ‘I have already had two fox hounds masters on the phone today to say it's a shabby deal.’
- 2.6 (in England and Wales) an official of the Supreme Court.
Example sentencesExamples - A master of the B.C. Supreme Court dismissed both these applications.
- The trial master held that the plaintiff could not recover anything.
- It seems to me that neither the master nor the deputy judge made any error of law.
- She probably didn't appreciate that the master was without jurisdiction to make that order since her predecessor had obtained it.
- All the judges and masters who have heard this say you are wrong and it seems to me that they are right.
3A skilled practitioner of a particular art or activity. Example sentencesExamples - The boy was a master of disguise; I could never see him until he was standing beside me, talking to me.
- I am far from a master, but given some of my natural abilities, I quickly rose through my apprenticeship.
- I feel sure that the new generation of practitioners has no less talent than that of the great masters of the past.
- Both have great natural charisma and both are masters at telling a story in the ring.
- The FBI agent is tough, smart, and a master of disguise.
- It really is like camping out under the stars, said the master of the ancient craft.
- A knight should be skilled in all weapons but a master in at least two.
- He above all is a master of narrative, and these speeded-up interventions lend the tale an irregular pulse.
- The Professor is a natural master at explaining, with great clarity, highly complex issues without losing the viewer.
- He is a master of disguise and concealment.
- He was a master of disguise who used walnut juice to change the colour of his skin and would contort his face to avoid recognition.
- Strength, compassion, honor and skill elevate the practitioner to the master.
- He was a diligent preparation type of coach who really was a master of the practice.
- He may be 40 this year, but he's also a master of disguise, an expert in the art of disappearing without trace.
- The play is a thriller about the talented Mr Tom Ripley who is a master of deceit and disguise.
- It was indeed the activity of the geniuses, of the masters of their craft, that made the rules.
- Which brings us back to the new album, in which the master of disguise exposes his true self at last.
- When he wants to be, he is a master of the macabre and a skilled technician of suspense.
- It attracted some of the most learned, and sometimes also the most arrogant scholars of doctrine and masters of ritual practice.
- Yet Maugham was one of the great masters of clever narrative and construction, with a surprising range when it came to characters.
Synonyms expert, adept, genius, past master, maestro, virtuoso, professional, doyen, authority, pundit, master hand, prodigy, grandmaster, champion, star informal ace, pro, wizard, whizz, wiz, hotshot, ninja British informal dab hand North American informal maven, crackerjack - 3.1 A great artist or musician.
follow in the footsteps of the masters and paint in locations made famous by their work Example sentencesExamples - It featured more than 250 works by 20 masters drawn from the museum's extensive holdings.
- The figures of his angels are elongated, with wings stretched upward as if they were sculpted by the Gothic masters.
- Two separate exhibitions focus on the drawings and oil sketches of the Flemish master.
- His watercolours, for instance, have been influenced by such masters as Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele and Henri Matisse.
- He plans to specialize in such masters as Picasso, Warhol, Yves Klein and Sonia and Robert Delaunay.
- Especially famous are the work of such masters as Rembrandt van Rijn, Jan Vermeer, and Jacob van Ruisdael.
- Most musicians/artists aren't at the level of great masters of art, he admitted.
- There he studied with both Canova and Thorvaldsen, the leading masters of Neoclassical sculpture.
- They were consummate musicians and masters of their instruments, and the listener is in very good hands with these gentlemen.
- The Golden Age produced the works of Rembrandt, Vermeer and other Dutch masters.
- Below the grand galleries and displays of old and modern masters, the Royal Academy is investing in a new generation of artists.
- All the collected works from the seven-week event are currently on show alongside masters like Marcel Duchamp and Salvador Dali.
- This year, visitors can enjoy works by Surrealist masters such as Andre Masson and Giacometti, as well as work by Picasso.
- To achieve it, he studied the work of the Japanese masters Utamaro and Hokusai.
- He could have become a great master of Japanese printmaking of the Meiji era.
- For example, in the 18th century, there was a trend to paint works as similar as possible to those of the earlier masters.
- The exhibition will also explore the influence of Venetian masters Titian and Tintoretto and will include work by Canaletto.
- The most notable of these artists is the master of French Impressionism Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
- She developed her early attraction to painting after discovering the Renaissance masters during a childhood trip to Italy.
- He also challenged the earlier masters by painting portraits of local people over the original western works.
- 3.2 A very strong chess player, especially one who has qualified for the title at international tournaments.
See also grand master Example sentencesExamples - Many of the greatest masters have recommended that chess should be studied from the endgame.
- Did the old chess masters know something the modern champions don't?
- If you wish to be a chess master, at least a basic understanding of most openings is called for.
- Similar to chess masters, analysts look for convergent lines to indicate the possibility of attack.
- All the young chess masters have been coached by titled players and most began regular instruction of one or two hours per week soon after learning the game.
- 3.3treated as singular (in some sports) a class for competitors over the usual age for the highest level of competition.
Example sentencesExamples - At issue was a possible protest at the club where the Masters will be played next April.
- It turned out that year's Masters was the most enjoyable tournament I have ever played.
- He led the Masters that year as well, but so far this season has missed the cut in both the Masters and US Open.
- He recorded 17.09 as he broke both the British and European Masters records in this event.
- The Embassy World Championship and the Masters will remain separate from the main tour.
4usually in titles A person who holds a second or further degree. Example sentencesExamples - The instructor was a registered nurse who had master's degree preparation.
- He holds double bachelors and master's degrees and has an extensive background of teaching and publishing.
- She holds bachelor's and master's degrees in piano performance and pedagogy.
- Although she desired a good job, Lin knew that she was not as competent as graduates with bachelor's and master's degrees.
- Most of them possessed master's degrees, and a few had earned their doctorates.
- So he became a full-time student to get a master's degree in finance.
- You will need more than a bachelor's, master's or Ph.D. degree to be successful in the new millennium.
- He received his bachelor's degree, master's degree and Ph.D. from Stanford University.
- Some had master's and doctorate degrees, and some were Party members.
- After completing his degree in Mechanical Engineering, he took a masters degree and doctorate in engineering in Canada.
- Both men are currently pursuing master's degrees in preparation for future careers outside the church.
- The number of researchers has doubled, and a larger proportion now have master's degrees and doctorates.
- Higher education is defined as involving programs that award bachelor's, master's or doctorate degrees.
- He is a graduate of UH with master's degrees in Pacific Studies and History.
- Graduate study typically refers to programs that award master's or doctorate degrees.
- He has a law degree and a master's degree in classical studies from Columbia University.
- My department offers bachelor's and master's degrees but not a doctorate.
- At the early age of fourteen he graduated with the degree of master of law.
- He spent six years at the university before graduating with a master's degree in physics.
- I attended Oxford, and graduated with a master's degree in liberal arts.
- 4.1 A postgraduate degree.
I had a master's in computer engineering Example sentencesExamples - Chia is currently pursuing a master's in developmental studies in The Netherlands.
- Vaughn is currently in graduate school pursuing a master's in business administration.
- The two-campus program will give students bachelor's degree training as well as "the required foundation to pursue master's and doctoral studies in nursing," the statement said.
- After the Olympics, I hope to attend graduate school and complete a master's in education.
- When I learned of the chance, I decided to study abroad, finishing my master's at a French university where I could hone my new skill.
- Some took the educational route, often majoring in political science or some related field, then attending law school or taking a master's in public affairs.
- Lorenzo has a master's in communications from Boston University.
- I wanted to work on my own films, so I began work on my master's at Concordia.
- Since graduating from the University of Ulster with a master's in 1999 he has had numerous exhibitions in Ireland and London.
- Schoeman averaged 92,79 % throughout her years of study, and her master's thesis was described by two overseas academics as of "PhD standard".
- Corliss has a bachelor's degree from Saint Joseph's College in Philadelphia and a master's in film studies from Columbia University.
- He grew up in New Jersey and did his master's in Virginia and then stayed on to work at NASA Langley.
- He completed his BFA in Manitoba and was accepted to do his master's at Ohio State University.
- My master's thesis looks at the careers of Antonio Brico, Margaret Hillis, and Sarah Caldwell, three women conductors whose careers started in the early to mid 20th Century.
- I went to Boston University for my master's in communications without any real idea of what I was going to do.
5Used as a title prefixed to the name of a boy not old enough to be called ‘Mr’ Example sentencesExamples - Master Charles readily assented to his mother's proposal, and proceeded at once to the smoke-house to let Maria out.
- But I'd look between the benches at young master Charles on the playing field and think, that's where I should be.
- Young Master John, please to understand it is not wise to disrespect and interrupt your elders if you wish to benefit from their knowledge and wisdom.
- Bronte depicts young Master John Reed as virtually a paradigm of the Victorian bad boy, wallowing in gluttony, sadism, and a host of other deadly sins.
- 5.1archaic A title for a man of high rank or learning.
Example sentencesExamples - The same year there came into England Master John, a Scot by nation, a man of an apprehensive mind and of singular eloquence.
- 5.2 The title of the heir apparent of a Scottish viscount or baron.
Example sentencesExamples - In Scotland many eldest sons are entitled to the designation of Master.
- By tradition the heir apparent or indeed the heir presumptive to a Scottish peerage title is traditionally known as 'The Master of', or if the heir happened to be female as the 'The Mistress of'.
6An original recording, film, or document from which copies can be made. as modifier the master tape Example sentencesExamples - They also want to own your master recordings and copyrights forever.
- The videos all look fairly good, as if derived from the original masters.
- Much less, don't be offended if they take the master tapes home and record over them.
- She admits that she has misplaced the masters of some of her earliest films and welcomes the new requirement.
- The final step is to transfer from the MiniDV master tape to VHS using the camcorder's phono outputs.
- The transfers are as good as they can be, given the state of the video master tapes these were culled from.
- All the episodes are taken from original video masters, and now and then you notice some video noise or interference from their age.
- The Sydney-based production company was willing to dub episodes from the masters, but only at a prohibitive cost.
- Carrying sufficient spatial resolution and bit depth in the digital master to meet foreseeable uses comes at some cost.
- But the NFB gave me the opportunity to make new masters of all of my films, so I went in with a colourist to make them visually perfect.
- The soundtrack master seems to have been in good shape, as there is little trace of any kind of background distortions or hiss.
- Make sure to send the master because making a copy lowers the video quality so much that a company will automatically reject it.
- The final activities prior to pressing the master disc were completed during this phase.
- I do not fault BFS Video for this, as the aforementioned problems seem to stem from the original master.
- Most of their tapes are masters from Japan so you get the best audio and video quality.
- The quality is also poor because the transfer was taken from a tape master rather than the original 35 mm print.
Synonyms original, archetype, prototype
adjective ˈmɑːstəˈmæstər 1attributive Having or showing very great skill or proficiency. you don't have to be a master chef in order to cook meat properly a heart-warming story from a master storyteller Example sentencesExamples - When a master painter would gaze upon a supposed masterpiece of his amateur years he would spit upon it.
- Wielding his blade like a master painter, his palette holds only one colour, and that is crimson.
- The one highway is the river, hence the Saramaka are expert canoeists and master canoe-builders.
- After his journeyman years, which took him as far as Venice, he registered as a master painter in Augsburg in 1534.
- Under the tutelage of master painters, amateurs get to learn how to give shape to their creativity.
- Many bone items would be very cheap to make, since they utilised a material that would otherwise be thrown away and did not need the skills of a master craftsman.
- A well thatched roof into which has gone the skill of a master craftsman can last for 50 years or even more depending on the pitch of the roof and where in the country it is.
- While not a master tactician, he occasionally displayed flashes of brilliance.
- During the six weeks they will also get master classes from experts, to help them with their competition entry.
- When she had reached the third grade at school, her teacher, a master painter, noticed her remarkable drawing skill.
- He combines the skills of a master dramatist with a social conscience and a tremendous sense of how to engage young people in live theatre.
- Like a master painter, he uses each element as much as needed- and in the right places.
- He has also claimed to be a master hacker himself, in addition to being a financial wizard.
- However, this is still a very moving work by a master filmmaker and a performer with skills to match.
- The exhibition also features art works from master painters such as Picasso, Chagall, Rembrandt and Miro.
- The colour concepts in the latest collection are rich and saturate the eye like the works of the Impressionist master painter Monet.
- He tells the tale of the precocious and gifted son of master court painter, who grows up illiterate but an exceptionally brilliant painter.
- The prose is taut and beautifully crafted, the story is woven with the intricate expertise of a master craftsman.
- There are few master tailors around these days.
- Palau has long been a site of research in marine biology, building upon the scientific skills of Palauan master fishermen.
- 1.1 Denoting a person skilled in a particular trade and able to teach others.
Example sentencesExamples - In this way, the book is only practical for the master carpenter but perhaps not the apprentice.
- Our country has the pride of having master craftsmen who carve out exquisite products with their deft hands.
- You don't need to be a master carpenter, but some basic skills and basic tools are necessary.
- I can't think of a finer person to have taught me the sport-he was a master technician who had a real knack for dealing with kids.
- We have neglected vocational training, which can be given only in the workplace by experienced master craftsmen.
Synonyms expert, adept, proficient, skilled, skilful, deft, dexterous, adroit, practised, experienced, masterly, accomplished, demon, brilliant informal crack, ace, mean, wizard North American informal crackerjack vulgar slang shit-hot archaic or humorous compleat
2attributive Main; principal. the apartment's master bathroom has a free-standing oval bathtub Example sentencesExamples - There is also room for eight guests in the four ensuite cabins, including a master stateroom and VIP bedroom.
- A circular whirlpool tub takes spotlight in the splendid master bathroom, facing the huge walk-in shower.
- I've added this season's performances to my master list of my 50 favorite performances.
- The master bathroom alone was larger than some apartments I've lived in.
- There are two bedrooms, two bathrooms and a spa-like master suite with a steam shower.
- I scored the first victory of the weekend by claiming the master bedroom - a sumptuous affair with a bay window and a lovely view of the river.
- Straight ahead is the master bath, which separates the master bedroom on the left and the guest room/study on the right.
- The master brake cylinder is now made of aluminum - better overall quality.
- On the first floor there is a master bedroom with en-suite shower room and balcony, and a second bedroom/study.
- The master bedroom is ensuite and has a walk-in wardrobe with shelves.
Synonyms principal, main, chief, leading, prime, predominant, foremost, great, grand, most important, biggest
verb ˈmɑːstəˈmæstər [with object]1Acquire complete knowledge or skill in (a subject, technique, or art) Example sentencesExamples - Since there is so much to learn, they often feel it is a waste of time to master any one subject or skill.
- A 15-year-old girl would be tattooed on the cheeks when she had mastered the art of weaving.
- It was a time when creating a role meant believing in the art rather than simply mastering the technique.
- His technique of completely mastering a topic before drawing it allowed for this high level of demonstrative skill.
- Without mastering the basic techniques before adding new ones, it's impossible to really practise well.
- There's always a new skill to be mastered or a new technique to be learned.
- Alex can ride the unicycle, lie on a bed of nails, spin plates, juggle, deliver gags and is now mastering the art of puppetry.
- He was a wonderful architect and builder of fiction, who had mastered the art of the novel through years of sustained writing.
- Artists and craftsmen learn and master the techniques of their craft and pass on the traditions to their sons and daughters.
- The level of skill and courage needed to master the dangerous art of skateboarding at its highest level is truly awesome.
- Some of them possess the skills of astute politicians, and others have mastered the art of the political game.
- For instance, a career in classical music is available to only a few privileged individuals; most people do not have the leisure to devote their lives to mastering the musical arts.
- No other society has mastered this art as well as we have.
- He studied his opponents, learned their moves and dedicated himself to mastering the techniques necessary to stop them.
- A student must pass 10 levels of the training programme to master the art.
- As with most photographic techniques, mastering the technique is the easy part.
- Treatment strategies for asthma include daily self-management that relies on acquiring and mastering specific knowledge and skills.
- Everyone's goal is to learn and master this martial art as far as possible.
- The people that dwelled here 8,000 years ago had learned to irrigate the land by means of canals and ditches, and had mastered the arts of agriculture.
- Besides exercising, you need to learn to master the art of relaxing mentally and not worry about everything around you.
Synonyms learn, learn thoroughly, become proficient in, know inside out, know backwards, become expert in, acquire, pick up, grasp, understand informal get the hang of, get clued up about, get off by heart 2Gain control of; overcome. I managed to master my fears Example sentencesExamples - This is an integral part of the perspective to overcome class antagonisms and enable the working class to master society.
- Jack and Mike laughed out loud at his reaction, watched as he unsuccessfully tried to master his fear and loathing.
- The majority of Asian cultures regard man as part of nature and believe that man should not try to overcome or master nature but should learn to adapt to it harmoniously.
- I managed to master the impulse as I watched my drama friends do awesome in the first half of the first act.
- You get a special hug if you guess who masters his fears and helps solve the puzzle.
- Soldiers need to be sensitized to the effects of fear and have tools to master their fears.
- He'd insisted that the best way to master one's fears was to confront them.
- I'm not sure if you'll find an easy answer: mastering control of your dreams enough to wake up at will may be a skill that takes a while to learn.
- Personality explores what it is that makes us who we are and uncovers the universal battle to master our emotions and control our behaviour.
- At the same time, she says that mastering anxiety and fear by going through with the thing you're afraid of is a very powerful part of the thrill.
- I sighed heavily, relived that he was not ill, but now trying to master a new fear.
- She threw her hands up in joy when she managed to master it.
- Humans then have a God given right to control and master nature.
- But he was mastered by his fears and Lee's relentless aggressiveness, and his promising campaign came to nothing.
- How he completed those missions, and mastered his fear, is the story he has set out to tell.
- The good news is that once you master your emotions, you can gain an edge.
- Not only did they master the elements but they showed some beautiful ball control in the process.
- I still don't like doing it and have to psych myself up to it but I am starting to master the fear.
- Even people outside of these niches would have something to gain by mastering this device.
- In a sense, change is a sacred event that can be welcomed by the therapist, but not mastered or controlled.
Synonyms overcome, conquer, beat, quell, quash, suppress, control, repress, restrain, overpower, triumph over, subdue, vanquish, subjugate, hegemonize, prevail over, govern, curb, check, bridle, tame, defeat, get the better of, get a grip on, get over, gain mastery over informal lick 3Make a master copy of (a film or recording) all records are now being mastered and manufactured for us in the Netherlands Example sentencesExamples - I wish someone would properly master this recording so that I can truly judge the overall quality.
- The Dolby Digital sound is well mastered free of any distortion or hiss while the voices stay focused in the front channel.
- The sound is also strong, with most of the films mastered in either Dolby 5.1 surround or stereo.
- First, the films appear to have been mastered off of a Beta source.
- Georgie also called on Robyn to master the recording.
Phrases Be independent or free to do as one wishes. I'm going to take control—be my own master at last Example sentencesExamples - He was never given the chance to be his own master.
- I felt I could share with her the whole scope of emotions I was going through, and yet be my own master in the process.
- Jacob is his own master, and it is at his choosing when it comes to sharing his life.
- The artist may be said to have been his own master, because, even when he was apprenticed to a painter he was taught less than he already knew.
- No matter what happens, you shall never be your own master, not entirely.
- When these people encounter a situation that they cannot solve - where they must be their own master - they just give up.
- He decided that he would be his own master trying to make good on his moves all by himself.
- To be one's own master and to control one's own destiny are the eternal desires of human beings, and democracy is the most significant system to help us realize this desire.
- The abolition of slavery recognized the pre-existing right of everyone to be his own master; it did not create such a right.
- He is his own master and disciple in iconography.
Acquire a thorough knowledge of or facility in. he made himself master of the political philosophy of Burke Example sentencesExamples - The important secret of war is to make oneself master of the communications
Derivatives noun Now all you need to do is rinse and repeat, and before long DIY masterdom will be yours. Example sentencesExamples - These blessings emphasize two things: boundless reproduction and man's masterdom over other living creatures.
noun Each one of these Shaikhs received the Masterhood from his predecessor. Example sentencesExamples - As for how many minorities are represented in corporate masterhood, why should that be a measure of anything?
- Perhaps you'll now take the vow of masterhood?
- Masterhood, the result of the engaging in the practices that Masters teach, is the birthright of all.
adjective ˈmɑːstələsˈmæstərləs We are both freelance mercenaries, masterless in all sense of the word, and we will loan our skills to anybody and anything with enough money to throw around. Example sentencesExamples - His peers sat bruised and beaten by this masterless samurai.
- The loose garments (especially the mantle) and the long hair (called ‘glibbes’) were traditional aids to thieves and masterless men.
- In addition, there are photographs of the relics of the masterless samurai and the ruins of their castle in Akô.
- Growing concern at the number of masterless men, increasing vagabondage, and escalating crime underlay the outline of terms and conditions of service between masters and servants, in an effort to reduce notorious discord.
noun ˈmɑːstəʃɪpˈmæstərˌʃɪp Much was made of such inequities when guilds had become a thing of the past; but mastership was not an automatic passport to commercial success, and in most guilds access to it does not appear to have been seriously restricted. Example sentencesExamples - In my personal view he has an extraordinary talent - a combination of artistic expression and technical mastership.
- A crowd quickly gathers around him and congratulates him on his mastership of water.
- The artist's success was at least to a part a result of a superior mastership of the technical process of printmaking.
- Yet some workers still managed to rise out of the ranks of apprentices and journeymen and acquire masterships themselves.
Origin Old English mæg(i)ster (later reinforced by Old French maistre), from Latin magister; probably related to magis 'more'. magistrate from Late Middle English: Magistrate is from Latin magistratus ‘administrator’, from magister ‘master’. This also gives us master (Old English), its weakened form mister (mid 16th century), and miss.
Rhymes blaster, caster, castor, faster, grandmaster, headmaster, pastor, plaster noun ˈmɑːstəˈmæstər in combination A ship or boat with a specified number of masts. Example sentencesExamples - Here, Bruegel depicted a four-master and two three-masters anchored near a fortified island capped by a lighthouse.
- Technically speaking, a three master is a full-rigged ship.
nounˈmæstərˈmastər 1historical A man who has people working for him, especially servants or slaves. he acceded to his master's wishes Example sentencesExamples - By 1640 the social structure of the island consisted of masters, servants, and slaves.
- Buying them back from the master is disastrous, as it encourages the master to keep more slaves.
- Towns were also visited by plantation slaves, on their masters ' business or coming to sell the few vegetables and fruits they had managed to produce for market.
- The old law of master and servant saw the master as the head of the family.
- The third type of government in the household is that of the lord over his slaves and the master over his servants…
Synonyms lord, overlord, lord and master, ruler, sovereign, monarch, liege, liege lord, suzerain - 1.1 A person who has dominance or control of something.
he was master of the situation Example sentencesExamples - Choice must be available, so that the photographer may remain master of the situation
- But for the Prime Minister, usually the great master of these situations, it was close to a disaster.
- Once masters of the situation, it is said, the zeal of those who promised reform mutated into a zeal to preserve their private wealth and that of their friends.
- They were simply awesome, quite the masters of the situation.
- Last evening, the master of all situations difficult went for a walk to make tough decisions.
Synonyms lord, overlord, lord and master, ruler, sovereign, monarch, liege, liege lord, suzerain - 1.2dated A male head of a household.
Example sentencesExamples - In fact, young men needed willing women to assist them in assuming the status of household masters.
- He is a father, a master of household, a countryman, and hence a consummate member of a community.
- He was the independent master of a peasant household, whose position was protected by the king's law.
- The head of the household was a master to whom all other members had to submit in exchange for his protection.
- He asked me what my business was and I told him I had a letter of introduction for the master of the household.
- 1.3 The owner of a dog, horse, or other domesticated animal.
Example sentencesExamples - In these stories, the horse accompanies his master through all kinds of hardships and danger.
- They had slowed down a bit a while back, the horse perhaps sensing its master's grip was not as tight, or that he was not as attentive as usual.
- Remember also that the Guide Dog is a highly trained animal and will only heed the voice of his master.
- The owners are not masters, but companions, say the volunteers.
- The horse walked to his master, and Haiden mounted it the best he could without his vision.
- The men were getting closer, and the poor horse couldn't carry her master.
- The animals on the farm revolt against their master, Jones.
- They also went a good distance away from the horse and its master.
- A little more leaning around the tree and I saw two white horses, grazing while their masters were still preoccupied.
- The horse turned his head, regarding his master with confused eyes.
- The forest was still and quiet; the horses watched their masters placidly.
- But wild animals have been known to turn on their masters and well-intentioned defenders.
- A white horse taking to the air, with his master astride it and the groom hanging on to the tail, represents renunciation.
- His master got on after him, gave the horse a gentle kick, and she trotted towards the path leading out of the village.
- In all hunting cultures there is an owner; sometimes a master, but more often a mistress of the beasts.
- Even the animals knew their masters were excited, and were thus excited themselves.
- It swam round the boat until its master, leaning over the bow, caught the animal by its short stump of a tail.
- I glared at her, the glare a maddened trapped animal gives its master.
- With one crack of his whip into the air, the horses followed their master's command and began their foot cadence once again.
- The young people looked at all the animals flying away, at the dogs that bit their masters and were surprised at their pet's behavior.
- 1.4 A machine or device directly controlling another.
as modifier a master cylinder Compare with slave Example sentencesExamples - One device acts as a master and the devices connected to it act as slaves.
- Whenever a machine becomes master, it takes over the virtual server address and continues with its original.
- The master and slave devices are connected by a single address bus, a write data bus and a read data bus.
- The main advantage of the cluster is that the computation power depends on the number of computers one adds to the master machine.
2A man in charge of an organization or group. Example sentencesExamples - It was my first time playing in an RPG, let alone being the game master for one.
- The council's political masters would rather watch while the city chokes than get serious about exhaust fumes.
- In French Indo-China, the Japanese kept the former colonial masters in nominal command.
- They had to act according to the dictates of the political masters.
- Success depends on an identity of goals between soldiers and their political masters, and a clear chain of command.
- It's more like playing the game masters in a massive continuous role-playing session.
- The vice-chairperson of the organising committee will be master of ceremonies.
- Promptly at 4: 15 p.m., we were instructed by master of ceremonies.
Synonyms lord, overlord, lord and master, ruler, sovereign, monarch, liege, liege lord, suzerain - 2.1British A male schoolteacher, especially at a public or prep school.
Example sentencesExamples - From 1857 until 1865 he was mathematics master at Harrow School.
- Le Carré first met Green when the latter was chaplain and assistant master at Sherborne School, Dorset.
- He heard some of the teachers and the academy master sorting through names.
- He is the school's third master, a housemaster and its head of Christian Theology.
- In 1884 he went to Lancing College as a sixth-form master, developing an interest in Roman epigraphy in his leisure.
- The master of the public school said he was unable to make any further comment.
- When he protested his innocence, his schoolmates sided with the master.
- Look at him, walking around like he's the day master at a boarding school.
- Although he was a languages teacher, he was originally taken on at the school as a PE master.
- All the cricketing vices for which prep school masters rebuke their charges were there.
- There was famously, possibly apocryphally, a public school classics master who took early retirement to go and become a Masai wife.
- At high school he was lucky to have a great hockey enthusiast as his school master.
- Then from 1874 to 1892 he was mathematics and science master at Glasgow High School.
- Gone are the days when schools had masters, who commanded respect be it in the classroom or on the playing fields.
- The games master would insist on everyone rattling along the floor, pounding on the springboard and doing amazing acrobatics above the large wooden horse.
- The master rattled off numbers at speed to be added, multiplied, etc and at the end hands shot up.
- He noted that in most schools the art master was often not given much importance.
- To earn a living he became the art master in a school for young ladies in Liverpool.
- He played the role throughout the series but his fellow pupils and the masters of Greyfriars School were portrayed by different actors during the show's long run.
Synonyms teacher, schoolteacher, schoolmaster, tutor, instructor, pedagogue - 2.2 The head of a college or school.
Example sentencesExamples - The essays have to be attested by the class teacher or the head masters of the respective school.
- The rogue gave the master of the college as referee, but in view of his story, the bank opened the account and collected the cheque without making enquiries.
- He held the regius chair of Greek at Oxford for nearly 40 years and was master of Balliol College for more than 20 years.
- First there was a general interview at which the candidates were grilled by the master, dean, senior tutor, and fellows of the subject.
- 2.3 The captain of a merchant ship.
Example sentencesExamples - Safety used to be a matter for the ship's master but he now has a computer programme in his office to alert him whenever a scheduled safety inspection is due on any of his boats.
- He was now the master of three ships and employed over two-dozen individuals.
- The term used here refers to the command of a ship's master to his men, or a military officer to his soldiers.
- What the plaintiffs did then was to sue the purchasers of the indigo, which had been sold by the master of the ship, for the balance.
- The ship's master, observing this, remarked, ‘I would give a hundred guineas for the faith of that child’.
- Three crew members, including the ship's master, are being questioned, according to a government statement.
- The boatswain and master of the ship appear to say that it has been magically repaired and that the crew is safe.
- First, you are a ship's master called upon to rescue some 430 people in the Indian Ocean.
- A large island was named Thistle's Island, after the ship's master and one of the eight drowned.
- During the trip, Jones unexpectedly became the ship's master when its captain and first mate died suddenly.
- Your Honour, there were two parties prosecuted in each case, the master of the ship and the owner of the ship.
- Long ago masters of ships found it comforting to find such beacons of light in the darkness.
- The master of the ship was in command at the time of the incident.
- A mariner emerges from the hatchway and climbs the rigging, while below the boatswain and ship's master are thrown about on deck.
- Heather, who will work with three crew, qualified as a ship's master in 1979.
- The assured, if not present, would receive notice of the disaster from his agent, the master of the ship.
- The master of the ship gives him a look of reproach, but says nothing.
- As dawn broke, with the master's consent, sailors from the ship boarded the vessel.
- They were able to swim down and then out of the hull to join eight other tourists and the yacht's master on the deck linking the hulls of the upturned craft.
- When the passage was half over, I observed the ship's master in tears arguing with his men, which made me very uneasy.
Synonyms captain, skipper, commander
3A skilled practitioner of a particular art or activity. Example sentencesExamples - Yet Maugham was one of the great masters of clever narrative and construction, with a surprising range when it came to characters.
- When he wants to be, he is a master of the macabre and a skilled technician of suspense.
- I feel sure that the new generation of practitioners has no less talent than that of the great masters of the past.
- It attracted some of the most learned, and sometimes also the most arrogant scholars of doctrine and masters of ritual practice.
- Which brings us back to the new album, in which the master of disguise exposes his true self at last.
- He was a master of disguise who used walnut juice to change the colour of his skin and would contort his face to avoid recognition.
- The play is a thriller about the talented Mr Tom Ripley who is a master of deceit and disguise.
- He is a master of disguise and concealment.
- The FBI agent is tough, smart, and a master of disguise.
- He may be 40 this year, but he's also a master of disguise, an expert in the art of disappearing without trace.
- He was a diligent preparation type of coach who really was a master of the practice.
- The boy was a master of disguise; I could never see him until he was standing beside me, talking to me.
- The Professor is a natural master at explaining, with great clarity, highly complex issues without losing the viewer.
- A knight should be skilled in all weapons but a master in at least two.
- He above all is a master of narrative, and these speeded-up interventions lend the tale an irregular pulse.
- Strength, compassion, honor and skill elevate the practitioner to the master.
- It was indeed the activity of the geniuses, of the masters of their craft, that made the rules.
- I am far from a master, but given some of my natural abilities, I quickly rose through my apprenticeship.
- It really is like camping out under the stars, said the master of the ancient craft.
- Both have great natural charisma and both are masters at telling a story in the ring.
Synonyms expert, adept, genius, past master, maestro, virtuoso, professional, doyen, authority, pundit, master hand, prodigy, grandmaster, champion, star - 3.1 A great artist, especially one belonging to the accepted canon.
the work of the great masters is spread around the art galleries of the world Example sentencesExamples - Two separate exhibitions focus on the drawings and oil sketches of the Flemish master.
- Below the grand galleries and displays of old and modern masters, the Royal Academy is investing in a new generation of artists.
- This year, visitors can enjoy works by Surrealist masters such as Andre Masson and Giacometti, as well as work by Picasso.
- To achieve it, he studied the work of the Japanese masters Utamaro and Hokusai.
- He plans to specialize in such masters as Picasso, Warhol, Yves Klein and Sonia and Robert Delaunay.
- For example, in the 18th century, there was a trend to paint works as similar as possible to those of the earlier masters.
- The most notable of these artists is the master of French Impressionism Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
- He could have become a great master of Japanese printmaking of the Meiji era.
- The Golden Age produced the works of Rembrandt, Vermeer and other Dutch masters.
- All the collected works from the seven-week event are currently on show alongside masters like Marcel Duchamp and Salvador Dali.
- Especially famous are the work of such masters as Rembrandt van Rijn, Jan Vermeer, and Jacob van Ruisdael.
- She developed her early attraction to painting after discovering the Renaissance masters during a childhood trip to Italy.
- He also challenged the earlier masters by painting portraits of local people over the original western works.
- It featured more than 250 works by 20 masters drawn from the museum's extensive holdings.
- The exhibition will also explore the influence of Venetian masters Titian and Tintoretto and will include work by Canaletto.
- They were consummate musicians and masters of their instruments, and the listener is in very good hands with these gentlemen.
- His watercolours, for instance, have been influenced by such masters as Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele and Henri Matisse.
- The figures of his angels are elongated, with wings stretched upward as if they were sculpted by the Gothic masters.
- Most musicians/artists aren't at the level of great masters of art, he admitted.
- There he studied with both Canova and Thorvaldsen, the leading masters of Neoclassical sculpture.
- 3.2 A very strong chess or bridge player, especially one who has qualified for the title at international tournaments.
See also grand master Example sentencesExamples - Did the old chess masters know something the modern champions don't?
- Many of the greatest masters have recommended that chess should be studied from the endgame.
- Similar to chess masters, analysts look for convergent lines to indicate the possibility of attack.
- All the young chess masters have been coached by titled players and most began regular instruction of one or two hours per week soon after learning the game.
- If you wish to be a chess master, at least a basic understanding of most openings is called for.
- 3.3treated as singular (in some sports) a class for competitors over the usual age for the highest level of competition.
Example sentencesExamples - He recorded 17.09 as he broke both the British and European Masters records in this event.
- He led the Masters that year as well, but so far this season has missed the cut in both the Masters and US Open.
- The Embassy World Championship and the Masters will remain separate from the main tour.
- It turned out that year's Masters was the most enjoyable tournament I have ever played.
- At issue was a possible protest at the club where the Masters will be played next April.
4A person who holds a second or further degree from a university or other academic institution (only in titles and set expressions) Example sentencesExamples - She holds bachelor's and master's degrees in piano performance and pedagogy.
- I attended Oxford, and graduated with a master's degree in liberal arts.
- Some had master's and doctorate degrees, and some were Party members.
- My department offers bachelor's and master's degrees but not a doctorate.
- He spent six years at the university before graduating with a master's degree in physics.
- You will need more than a bachelor's, master's or Ph.D. degree to be successful in the new millennium.
- Although she desired a good job, Lin knew that she was not as competent as graduates with bachelor's and master's degrees.
- Graduate study typically refers to programs that award master's or doctorate degrees.
- Both men are currently pursuing master's degrees in preparation for future careers outside the church.
- The number of researchers has doubled, and a larger proportion now have master's degrees and doctorates.
- So he became a full-time student to get a master's degree in finance.
- He holds double bachelors and master's degrees and has an extensive background of teaching and publishing.
- Most of them possessed master's degrees, and a few had earned their doctorates.
- He is a graduate of UH with master's degrees in Pacific Studies and History.
- After completing his degree in Mechanical Engineering, he took a masters degree and doctorate in engineering in Canada.
- He has a law degree and a master's degree in classical studies from Columbia University.
- He received his bachelor's degree, master's degree and Ph.D. from Stanford University.
- The instructor was a registered nurse who had master's degree preparation.
- Higher education is defined as involving programs that award bachelor's, master's or doctorate degrees.
- At the early age of fourteen he graduated with the degree of master of law.
- 4.1 A postgraduate degree.
I had a master's in computer engineering Example sentencesExamples - I wanted to work on my own films, so I began work on my master's at Concordia.
- When I learned of the chance, I decided to study abroad, finishing my master's at a French university where I could hone my new skill.
- After the Olympics, I hope to attend graduate school and complete a master's in education.
- Schoeman averaged 92,79 % throughout her years of study, and her master's thesis was described by two overseas academics as of "PhD standard".
- Chia is currently pursuing a master's in developmental studies in The Netherlands.
- Corliss has a bachelor's degree from Saint Joseph's College in Philadelphia and a master's in film studies from Columbia University.
- The two-campus program will give students bachelor's degree training as well as "the required foundation to pursue master's and doctoral studies in nursing," the statement said.
- He grew up in New Jersey and did his master's in Virginia and then stayed on to work at NASA Langley.
- Some took the educational route, often majoring in political science or some related field, then attending law school or taking a master's in public affairs.
- I went to Boston University for my master's in communications without any real idea of what I was going to do.
- Since graduating from the University of Ulster with a master's in 1999 he has had numerous exhibitions in Ireland and London.
- My master's thesis looks at the careers of Antonio Brico, Margaret Hillis, and Sarah Caldwell, three women conductors whose careers started in the early to mid 20th Century.
- He completed his BFA in Manitoba and was accepted to do his master's at Ohio State University.
- Vaughn is currently in graduate school pursuing a master's in business administration.
- Lorenzo has a master's in communications from Boston University.
5Used as a title prefixed to the name of a boy not old enough to be called “Mr.” Example sentencesExamples - Young Master John, please to understand it is not wise to disrespect and interrupt your elders if you wish to benefit from their knowledge and wisdom.
- Bronte depicts young Master John Reed as virtually a paradigm of the Victorian bad boy, wallowing in gluttony, sadism, and a host of other deadly sins.
- But I'd look between the benches at young master Charles on the playing field and think, that's where I should be.
- Master Charles readily assented to his mother's proposal, and proceeded at once to the smoke-house to let Maria out.
- 5.1archaic A title for a man of high rank or learning.
Example sentencesExamples - The same year there came into England Master John, a Scot by nation, a man of an apprehensive mind and of singular eloquence.
- 5.2 The title of the heir apparent of a Scottish viscount or baron.
Example sentencesExamples - By tradition the heir apparent or indeed the heir presumptive to a Scottish peerage title is traditionally known as 'The Master of', or if the heir happened to be female as the 'The Mistress of'.
- In Scotland many eldest sons are entitled to the designation of Master.
6An original movie, recording, or document from which copies can be made. as modifier the master tape Example sentencesExamples - Make sure to send the master because making a copy lowers the video quality so much that a company will automatically reject it.
- All the episodes are taken from original video masters, and now and then you notice some video noise or interference from their age.
- Most of their tapes are masters from Japan so you get the best audio and video quality.
- The Sydney-based production company was willing to dub episodes from the masters, but only at a prohibitive cost.
- The transfers are as good as they can be, given the state of the video master tapes these were culled from.
- The final activities prior to pressing the master disc were completed during this phase.
- I do not fault BFS Video for this, as the aforementioned problems seem to stem from the original master.
- The final step is to transfer from the MiniDV master tape to VHS using the camcorder's phono outputs.
- The videos all look fairly good, as if derived from the original masters.
- Carrying sufficient spatial resolution and bit depth in the digital master to meet foreseeable uses comes at some cost.
- She admits that she has misplaced the masters of some of her earliest films and welcomes the new requirement.
- The soundtrack master seems to have been in good shape, as there is little trace of any kind of background distortions or hiss.
- But the NFB gave me the opportunity to make new masters of all of my films, so I went in with a colourist to make them visually perfect.
- They also want to own your master recordings and copyrights forever.
- Much less, don't be offended if they take the master tapes home and record over them.
- The quality is also poor because the transfer was taken from a tape master rather than the original 35 mm print.
Synonyms original, archetype, prototype
adjectiveˈmæstərˈmastər 1Having or showing very great skill or proficiency. a heart-warming story from a master storyteller Example sentencesExamples - Wielding his blade like a master painter, his palette holds only one colour, and that is crimson.
- Palau has long been a site of research in marine biology, building upon the scientific skills of Palauan master fishermen.
- Like a master painter, he uses each element as much as needed- and in the right places.
- Many bone items would be very cheap to make, since they utilised a material that would otherwise be thrown away and did not need the skills of a master craftsman.
- The exhibition also features art works from master painters such as Picasso, Chagall, Rembrandt and Miro.
- He combines the skills of a master dramatist with a social conscience and a tremendous sense of how to engage young people in live theatre.
- When she had reached the third grade at school, her teacher, a master painter, noticed her remarkable drawing skill.
- When a master painter would gaze upon a supposed masterpiece of his amateur years he would spit upon it.
- During the six weeks they will also get master classes from experts, to help them with their competition entry.
- The colour concepts in the latest collection are rich and saturate the eye like the works of the Impressionist master painter Monet.
- A well thatched roof into which has gone the skill of a master craftsman can last for 50 years or even more depending on the pitch of the roof and where in the country it is.
- There are few master tailors around these days.
- He has also claimed to be a master hacker himself, in addition to being a financial wizard.
- The one highway is the river, hence the Saramaka are expert canoeists and master canoe-builders.
- He tells the tale of the precocious and gifted son of master court painter, who grows up illiterate but an exceptionally brilliant painter.
- The prose is taut and beautifully crafted, the story is woven with the intricate expertise of a master craftsman.
- While not a master tactician, he occasionally displayed flashes of brilliance.
- Under the tutelage of master painters, amateurs get to learn how to give shape to their creativity.
- After his journeyman years, which took him as far as Venice, he registered as a master painter in Augsburg in 1534.
- However, this is still a very moving work by a master filmmaker and a performer with skills to match.
- 1.1 Denoting a person skilled in a particular trade and able to teach others.
Example sentencesExamples - In this way, the book is only practical for the master carpenter but perhaps not the apprentice.
- Our country has the pride of having master craftsmen who carve out exquisite products with their deft hands.
- We have neglected vocational training, which can be given only in the workplace by experienced master craftsmen.
- I can't think of a finer person to have taught me the sport-he was a master technician who had a real knack for dealing with kids.
- You don't need to be a master carpenter, but some basic skills and basic tools are necessary.
Synonyms expert, adept, proficient, skilled, skilful, deft, dexterous, adroit, practised, experienced, masterly, accomplished, demon, brilliant
2Main; principal. the apartment's master bathroom has a free-standing oval bathtub Example sentencesExamples - A circular whirlpool tub takes spotlight in the splendid master bathroom, facing the huge walk-in shower.
- I've added this season's performances to my master list of my 50 favorite performances.
- I scored the first victory of the weekend by claiming the master bedroom - a sumptuous affair with a bay window and a lovely view of the river.
- The master bedroom is ensuite and has a walk-in wardrobe with shelves.
- Straight ahead is the master bath, which separates the master bedroom on the left and the guest room/study on the right.
- On the first floor there is a master bedroom with en-suite shower room and balcony, and a second bedroom/study.
- The master brake cylinder is now made of aluminum - better overall quality.
- There is also room for eight guests in the four ensuite cabins, including a master stateroom and VIP bedroom.
- There are two bedrooms, two bathrooms and a spa-like master suite with a steam shower.
- The master bathroom alone was larger than some apartments I've lived in.
Synonyms principal, main, chief, leading, prime, predominant, foremost, great, grand, most important, biggest
verbˈmæstərˈmastər [with object]1Acquire complete knowledge or skill in (an accomplishment, technique, or art) Example sentencesExamples - Some of them possess the skills of astute politicians, and others have mastered the art of the political game.
- Artists and craftsmen learn and master the techniques of their craft and pass on the traditions to their sons and daughters.
- A 15-year-old girl would be tattooed on the cheeks when she had mastered the art of weaving.
- The people that dwelled here 8,000 years ago had learned to irrigate the land by means of canals and ditches, and had mastered the arts of agriculture.
- Alex can ride the unicycle, lie on a bed of nails, spin plates, juggle, deliver gags and is now mastering the art of puppetry.
- The level of skill and courage needed to master the dangerous art of skateboarding at its highest level is truly awesome.
- As with most photographic techniques, mastering the technique is the easy part.
- Without mastering the basic techniques before adding new ones, it's impossible to really practise well.
- For instance, a career in classical music is available to only a few privileged individuals; most people do not have the leisure to devote their lives to mastering the musical arts.
- Since there is so much to learn, they often feel it is a waste of time to master any one subject or skill.
- His technique of completely mastering a topic before drawing it allowed for this high level of demonstrative skill.
- He studied his opponents, learned their moves and dedicated himself to mastering the techniques necessary to stop them.
- Treatment strategies for asthma include daily self-management that relies on acquiring and mastering specific knowledge and skills.
- He was a wonderful architect and builder of fiction, who had mastered the art of the novel through years of sustained writing.
- Everyone's goal is to learn and master this martial art as far as possible.
- A student must pass 10 levels of the training programme to master the art.
- Besides exercising, you need to learn to master the art of relaxing mentally and not worry about everything around you.
- There's always a new skill to be mastered or a new technique to be learned.
- It was a time when creating a role meant believing in the art rather than simply mastering the technique.
- No other society has mastered this art as well as we have.
Synonyms learn, learn thoroughly, become proficient in, know inside out, know backwards, become expert in, acquire, pick up, grasp, understand 2Gain control of; overcome. I managed to master my fears Example sentencesExamples - He'd insisted that the best way to master one's fears was to confront them.
- This is an integral part of the perspective to overcome class antagonisms and enable the working class to master society.
- She threw her hands up in joy when she managed to master it.
- In a sense, change is a sacred event that can be welcomed by the therapist, but not mastered or controlled.
- I'm not sure if you'll find an easy answer: mastering control of your dreams enough to wake up at will may be a skill that takes a while to learn.
- Not only did they master the elements but they showed some beautiful ball control in the process.
- The good news is that once you master your emotions, you can gain an edge.
- Personality explores what it is that makes us who we are and uncovers the universal battle to master our emotions and control our behaviour.
- But he was mastered by his fears and Lee's relentless aggressiveness, and his promising campaign came to nothing.
- Even people outside of these niches would have something to gain by mastering this device.
- Soldiers need to be sensitized to the effects of fear and have tools to master their fears.
- I still don't like doing it and have to psych myself up to it but I am starting to master the fear.
- At the same time, she says that mastering anxiety and fear by going through with the thing you're afraid of is a very powerful part of the thrill.
- You get a special hug if you guess who masters his fears and helps solve the puzzle.
- The majority of Asian cultures regard man as part of nature and believe that man should not try to overcome or master nature but should learn to adapt to it harmoniously.
- I sighed heavily, relived that he was not ill, but now trying to master a new fear.
- How he completed those missions, and mastered his fear, is the story he has set out to tell.
- Jack and Mike laughed out loud at his reaction, watched as he unsuccessfully tried to master his fear and loathing.
- Humans then have a God given right to control and master nature.
- I managed to master the impulse as I watched my drama friends do awesome in the first half of the first act.
Synonyms overcome, conquer, beat, quell, quash, suppress, control, repress, restrain, overpower, triumph over, subdue, vanquish, subjugate, hegemonize, prevail over, govern, curb, check, bridle, tame, defeat, get the better of, get a grip on, get over, gain mastery over 3Make a master copy of (a movie or record). Example sentencesExamples - The Dolby Digital sound is well mastered free of any distortion or hiss while the voices stay focused in the front channel.
- The sound is also strong, with most of the films mastered in either Dolby 5.1 surround or stereo.
- First, the films appear to have been mastered off of a Beta source.
- I wish someone would properly master this recording so that I can truly judge the overall quality.
- Georgie also called on Robyn to master the recording.
Origin Old English mæg(i)ster (later reinforced by Old French maistre), from Latin magister; probably related to magis ‘more’. nounˈmæstərˈmastər in combination A ship or boat with a specified number of masts. Example sentencesExamples - Here, Bruegel depicted a four-master and two three-masters anchored near a fortified island capped by a lighthouse.
- Technically speaking, a three master is a full-rigged ship.
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