amerikai:
brit:
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. The head of a household.
5. Someone who employs others.
6. An expert at something.
Mark Twain was a master of fiction.
7. A tradesman who is qualified to teach apprentices.
8. A schoolmaster.
9. A skilled artist.
10. A man or a boy; mister. See Master.
11. A master's degree; a type of postgraduate degree, usually undertaken after a bachelor degree.
She has a master in psychology.
12. A person holding such a degree.
He is a master of marine biology.
13. The original of a document or of a recording.
The band couldn't find the master, so they re-recorded their tracks.
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.
The case was tried by a master, who concluded that the plaintiffs were the equitable owners of the property. [...]
16. A device that is controlling other devices or is an authoritative source.
a master database
17. A person holding an office of authority, especially the presiding officer.
18. (by extension) A person holding a similar office in other civic societies.
1. To be a master.
2. To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue.
3. To learn to a high degree of proficiency.
It took her years to master the art of needlecraft.
4. To own; to possess.
5. (especially of a musical performance) To make a master copy of.
6. (usually with in) To earn a Master's degree.
He mastered in English at the state college.
1. Masterful.
a master performance
2. Main, principal or predominant.
3. Highly skilled.
master batsman
4. Original.
master copy
1. (in combination) A vessel having a specified number of masts.
a two-master