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All ships’ companies / mustered alongside for the mid-day meal.

(from The Odyssey, Part I) What does mustered mean?
A. walked
B. lined up
C. ran over
D. gathered

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The answer is D: gathered.

In this line from Homer´s Odyssey, the word “mustered” is used as a verb meaning “gathered”. The verb can be used to denote the coming together of, or bringing together, a group of a certain formal nature, such as an army, like in the excerpt above, to make it known that it is an ordered assemblage. A synonym could be: marshal.

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Out of the choices given, the word "mustered" in the sentence means to gather. The correct answer is D. 
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