Master
noun
A person who has control over something or someone.
He became master of the school at a very young age.
Often appears as...
- master of ceremonies
- master of the house
noun
Someone very good at a particular skill.
He is a master of martial arts.
Often appears as...
- master chef
- masterclass
adjective
Main or most important.
This is the master bedroom of the house.
Often appears as...
- master key
- master plan
verb
To become very skilled at something.
She has mastered the art of cooking.
Often appears as...
- master a skill
- master a language
noun
A title for a young boy or an ungraded student, used before the name.
Master John, your mother is here.
Often appears as...
- master smith
- master johnson
noun
A device that controls all others of its kind.
The master switch controls all the lights in the building.
Often appears as...
- master controller
- master clock
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noun
A person who has control over something or someone.
He became master of the school at a very young age.
Often appears as...
- master of ceremonies
- master of the house
noun
Someone very good at a particular skill.
He is a master of martial arts.
Often appears as...
- master chef
- masterclass
adjective
Main or most important.
This is the master bedroom of the house.
Often appears as...
- master key
- master plan
verb
To become very skilled at something.
She has mastered the art of cooking.
Often appears as...
- master a skill
- master a language
noun
A title for a young boy or an ungraded student, used before the name.
Master John, your mother is here.
Often appears as...
- master smith
- master johnson
noun
A device that controls all others of its kind.
The master switch controls all the lights in the building.
Often appears as...
- master controller
- master clock
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 6
Pro Tip 1/2Control Implications
Used to describe someone with ultimate control, authority, or ownership in a specific context.
He is the master of this estate.
Pro Tip 2/2Historical Usage
Traditionally associated with dominance or superiority; sensitive in modern discussions about equality.
In history, landlords were often called the master of the manor.
Pro Tip 1/2Control Implications
Used to describe someone with ultimate control, authority, or ownership in a specific context.
He is the master of this estate.
Pro Tip 2/2Historical Usage
Traditionally associated with dominance or superiority; sensitive in modern discussions about equality.
In history, landlords were often called the master of the manor.
Pro Tip 1/2Control Implications
Used to describe someone with ultimate control, authority, or ownership in a specific context.
He is the master of this estate.
Pro Tip 2/2Historical Usage
Traditionally associated with dominance or superiority; sensitive in modern discussions about equality.
In history, landlords were often called the master of the manor.
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or not doing well on a test, eats up working memory, leaving less of it available to tackle the math itself. People can suddenly struggle with even basic math skills, like arithmetic, that they've otherwise mastered. Academic anxiety certainly isn't limited to math, but it does seem to happen much more frequently,
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Figuring out how to target these stubborn cells might help prevent cancers from coming back. Even if we solved those problems, we might face new ones. Cancer cells are masters of adaptation, adjusting their molecular and cellular characteristics to survive under stress.
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How stress affects your...
Your life will always be filled with stressful situations. But what matters to your brain and entire body is how you respond to that stress. If you can view those situations as challenges you can control and master, rather than as threats that are insurmountable,
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How to practice...
Mastering any physical skill, be it performing a pirouette, playing an instrument, or throwing a baseball, takes practice. Practice is the repetition of an action with the goal of improvement, and it helps us perform with more ease, speed, and confidence.
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Elon Musk talks Twitter,...
talk about scale right now you're in the middle of writing your new master plan and you've said that scale is at the heart of it why does scale matter why are you obsessed with that what are you thinking yeah well see in order in order to accelerate the
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The Life of a Baby Polar...
have less time to fatten up, before entering their dens. So if this mother wants her only cub to survive, she'll need to ensure it masters the important game, of recognizing which smells to trust, and which ones to run away from.
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A journey around the...
will help you to open your vision to see further it's how walking became a master over the years I start to hear the melody of
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The Unsinkable Lizard PIPE...
the tiny pygmy gecko is a master of the jungle so my newt it could sit on a fingertip he is dwarfed by life in the undergrowth
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Puffin Hunts Fish To...
for those that can get there but to feed sea birds must still master the ocean world beyond a puffin
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Best Monkey Moments PIPE...
are frantic the harem master has no protection from attack
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Why do people get so...
or not doing well on a test, eats up working memory, leaving less of it available to tackle the math itself. People can suddenly struggle with even basic math skills, like arithmetic, that they've otherwise mastered. Academic anxiety certainly isn't limited to math, but it does seem to happen much more frequently,
Video examples
Why is it so hard to...
Figuring out how to target these stubborn cells might help prevent cancers from coming back. Even if we solved those problems, we might face new ones. Cancer cells are masters of adaptation, adjusting their molecular and cellular characteristics to survive under stress.
Video examples
How stress affects your...
Your life will always be filled with stressful situations. But what matters to your brain and entire body is how you respond to that stress. If you can view those situations as challenges you can control and master, rather than as threats that are insurmountable,
Video examples
How to practice...
Mastering any physical skill, be it performing a pirouette, playing an instrument, or throwing a baseball, takes practice. Practice is the repetition of an action with the goal of improvement, and it helps us perform with more ease, speed, and confidence.
Video examples
Elon Musk talks Twitter,...
talk about scale right now you're in the middle of writing your new master plan and you've said that scale is at the heart of it why does scale matter why are you obsessed with that what are you thinking yeah well see in order in order to accelerate the
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The Life of a Baby Polar...
have less time to fatten up, before entering their dens. So if this mother wants her only cub to survive, she'll need to ensure it masters the important game, of recognizing which smells to trust, and which ones to run away from.
Video examples
A journey around the...
will help you to open your vision to see further it's how walking became a master over the years I start to hear the melody of
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The Unsinkable Lizard PIPE...
the tiny pygmy gecko is a master of the jungle so my newt it could sit on a fingertip he is dwarfed by life in the undergrowth
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Puffin Hunts Fish To...
for those that can get there but to feed sea birds must still master the ocean world beyond a puffin
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Best Monkey Moments PIPE...
are frantic the harem master has no protection from attack
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Roman Statesman
Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.
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Thomas Merton
American Author
A life is either all spiritual or not spiritual at all. No man can serve two masters. Your life is shaped by the end you live for. You are made in the image of what you desire.
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Meister Eckhart
German Philosopher
One person who has mastered life is better than a thousand persons who have mastered only the contents of books, but no one can get anything out of life without God.
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Erykah Badu
American Musician
I have a master plan as an artist. I've always said I'm not going to be punching nobody's clock. I will work as an artist to survive in this world.
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Alan Lakein
American Businessman
Time = Life, Therefore, waste your time and waste of your life, or master your time and master your life.
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Wilhelm von Humboldt
Russian Philosopher
How a person masters his fate is more important than what his fate is.
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Michael Jackson
American Singer
The greatest education in the world is watching the masters at work.
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Raheem DeVaughn
American Musician
We are all on a journey to mastering our inner peace.
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Shobana
It takes a lifetime to master one dance form.
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Josiah Gilbert Holland
American Novelist
Ideals are the world's masters.
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Roman Statesman
Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.
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Thomas Merton
American Author
A life is either all spiritual or not spiritual at all. No man can serve two masters. Your life is shaped by the end you live for. You are made in the image of what you desire.
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Meister Eckhart
German Philosopher
One person who has mastered life is better than a thousand persons who have mastered only the contents of books, but no one can get anything out of life without God.
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Erykah Badu
American Musician
I have a master plan as an artist. I've always said I'm not going to be punching nobody's clock. I will work as an artist to survive in this world.
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Alan Lakein
American Businessman
Time = Life, Therefore, waste your time and waste of your life, or master your time and master your life.
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Wilhelm von Humboldt
Russian Philosopher
How a person masters his fate is more important than what his fate is.
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Michael Jackson
American Singer
The greatest education in the world is watching the masters at work.
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Raheem DeVaughn
American Musician
We are all on a journey to mastering our inner peace.
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Shobana
It takes a lifetime to master one dance form.
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Josiah Gilbert Holland
American Novelist
Ideals are the world's masters.
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