Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to master
Participle: mastered
Gerund: mastering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | master |
| you | master |
| he;she;it | masters |
| we | master |
| you | master |
| they | master |
Perfect
| I | have mastered |
| you | have mastered |
| he;she;it | has mastered |
| we | have mastered |
| you | have mastered |
| they | have mastered |
Past
| I | mastered |
| you | mastered |
| he;she;it | mastered |
| we | mastered |
| you | mastered |
| they | mastered |
Pluperfect
| I | had mastered |
| you | had mastered |
| he;she;it | had mastered |
| we | had mastered |
| you | had mastered |
| they | had mastered |
Future
| I | will master |
| you | will master |
| he;she;it | will master |
| we | will master |
| you | will master |
| they | will master |
Future Perfect
| I | will have mastered |
| you | will have mastered |
| he;she;it | will have mastered |
| we | will have mastered |
| you | will have mastered |
| they | will have mastered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | master |
| you | master |
| he;she;it | master |
| we | master |
| you | master |
| they | master |
Perfect
| I | have mastered |
| you | have mastered |
| he;she;it | have mastered |
| we | have mastered |
| you | have mastered |
| they | have mastered |
Imperfect
| I | mastered |
| you | mastered |
| he;she;it | mastered |
| we | mastered |
| you | mastered |
| they | mastered |
Pluperfect
| I | had mastered |
| you | had mastered |
| he;she;it | had mastered |
| we | had mastered |
| you | had mastered |
| they | had mastered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would master |
| you | would master |
| he;she;it | would master |
| we | would master |
| you | would master |
| they | would master |
Perfect
| I | would have mastered |
| you | would have mastered |
| he;she;it | would have mastered |
| we | would have mastered |
| you | would have mastered |
| they | would have mastered |
Imperative
| you | master |
| we | Let's master |
| you | master |
Verbs conjugated like 'master'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'master'
easter,
gaster,
maister,
masker,
matter,
mister,
muster,
raster,
alter,
astert,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂-der.?
3. Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-der.?
4. Proto-Italic *magisteros
5. Latin magister, magistrum
6. Old French maistrebor.
7. ▲
8. Latin magisterder.
9. Old English mǣġester
10. Middle English maister
11. English master
12. 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. See: English '
much'.
Verbs referencing "master"
Finnish with old forms
masteroida.
Sample Sentences
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[...] All the honest blood of womanhood, the strong New England blood of liberty, flushed to her cheeks, and throbbed bitterly in her indignant heart; but, with habitual prudence and self-control, she mastered herself, and, crushing the paper firmly in her hand, she merely said to Rosa,
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] that touching account of anguish and of glory. Often, as she read, her voice faltered, and sometimes failed her altogether, when she would stop, with an air of frigid composure, till she had mastered herself. When she came to the touching words, “ Father forgive them, for they know not what they do, ” she threw down the book, and, burying her face in the heavy masses of her hair, she sobbed [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)