master

(Inglês)

Noun

1. Someone who has control over something or someone.
2. The owner of an animal or slave.
3. The captain of a merchant ship; a master mariner.
4. (dated) A male head of household.
5. Someone who employs others.
6. An expert at something.
7. A tradesman who is qualified to teach apprentices.
8. (dated) A male schoolteacher.
9. A skilled artist.
10. (dated) A man or a boy; mister. See Master.
11. A master's degree; a type of postgraduate degree, usually undertaken after a bachelor degree.
12. A person holding such a degree.
13. The original of a document or of a recording.
14. The primary wide shot of a scene, into which the closeups will be edited later.
15. A parajudicial officer (such as a referee, an auditor, an examiner, or an assessor) specially appointed to help a court with its proceedings.
16. A device that is controlling other devices or is an authoritative source.
17. A person holding an office of authority, especially the presiding officer.
18. (broadly) A person holding a similar office in other civic societies.
19. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of master key.
20. A male dominant.

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Masterful.
2. (not-comparable) Main, principal or predominant.
3. (not-comparable) Highly skilled.
4. (not-comparable) Original.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To be a master.
2. (transitive) To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue.
3. (transitive) To learn to a high degree of proficiency.
4. (obsolete, transitive) To own; to possess.
5. (especially, transitive) To make a master copy of.
6. (intransitive, usually) To earn a Master's degree.

Oposto de

secondary, slave, worker

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈmɑːs.tə/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: maister

Herdado de inglês arcaico: mǣster

Cognato com Saterfriesisch: Mäster

Cognato com frísio ocidental: master

Cognato com holandês: meester

Cognato com alemão: Meister

In summary

From Middle English maister, mayster, meister (noun) and maistren (verb), from Old English mǣster, mæġster, mæġester, mæġister, magister (“master”), from Latin magister (“chief, teacher, leader”), from Old Latin magester, from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (as in magnus (“great”), also cognate of English much and mickle) + -ester/-ister (compare minister (“servant”)). Reinforced by Old French maistre, mestre (noun) and maistriier, maister (verb) from the same Latin source. Compare also Saterland Frisian Mäster (“master”), West Frisian master (“master”), Dutch meester (“master”), German Meister (“master”). Doublet of maestro, magister, and meister.

Conceitos

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👨

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🧑‍🏫

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chefe

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dirigir

empresário

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reger

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superar

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Sinônimos

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teacher

🧑‍🏫

chief

host

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leader

king

👑

sovereign

superior

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head

ruler

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overlord

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monarch

emperor

potentate

husband

🤵

imperator

specialist

subdue

manage

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craftsman

sir

conquer

maestro

main

gentleman

🤵‍♂️

captain

control

commander

defeat

supervisor

overcome

tutor

director

schoolmaster

victor

foreman

skipper

educator

adept

mentor

manager

champion

Frases

He was the master of the situation .

Ele era o mestre da situação.

Control an active connection multiplexing master process .

Controle um processo mestre de multiplexação de conexão ativa.

He attained fame as a master of casuistry .

Ele alcançou a fama como mestre da casuística.