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mas·ter·y

(măs′tə-rē)

n. pl. mas·ter·ies

1. Possession of consummate skill.

2. The status of master or ruler; control: mastery of the seas.

3. Full command of a subject of study: Her mastery of economic theory impressed the professors.

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mastery

(ˈmɑːstərɪ)

n, pl -teries

1. full command or understanding of a subject

2. outstanding skill; expertise

3. the power of command; control

4. victory or superiority

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mas•ter•y

(ˈmæs tə ri, ˈmɑ stə-)

n., pl. -ter•ies.

1. command; grasp: a mastery of Italian.

2. superiority; dominance: mastery over one's enemies.

3. expert skill or knowledge.

4. possession of skillful technique.

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Noun	1.	mastery - great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity; "a good command of French" command, control skillfulness - the state of being cognitively skillful
	2.	mastery - power to dominate or defeat; "mastery of the seas" supremacy, domination transcendence, transcendency, superiority - the state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, dominance, control - the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her"
	3.	mastery - the act of mastering or subordinating someone subordination domination - social control by dominating

mastery

noun

1. understanding, knowledge, comprehension, ability, skill, know-how, command, grip, grasp, expertise, prowess, familiarity, attainment, finesse, proficiency, virtuosity, dexterity, cleverness, deftness, acquirement He demonstrated his mastery of political manoeuvring.

2. control, authority, command, rule, victory, triumph, sway, domination, superiority, conquest, supremacy, dominion, upper hand, ascendancy, pre-eminence, mana (N.Z.), whip hand a region where humans have gained mastery over the major rivers

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mastery

noun

1. Natural or acquired facility in a specific activity:

ability, adeptness, art, command, craft, expertise, expertness, knack, proficiency, skill, technique.

Informal: know-how.

2. The right and power to command, decide, rule, or judge:

authority, command, control, domination, dominion, jurisdiction, might, power, prerogative, sovereignty, sway.

Informal: say-so.

3. The act of exercising controlling power or the condition of being so controlled:

command, control, dominance, domination, dominion, reign, rule, sway.

Translations

سيْطَرَه، بَراعَه، تَضَلُّع

kontrolamocvláda

kontrol

Herrschaft

dominio

maîtrise

vald; snilli; afburîaòekking

掌握熟练精通

mastery

[ˈmɑːstərɪ] N

1. (= understanding) [of subject, technique] → dominio m

2. (= skill) → maestría f
his mastery on the football field → su maestría en el terreno de juego

3. (= control) (over competitors etc) → dominio m, superioridad f
to gain the mastery of (= dominate) → llegar a dominar; (= take over) → hacerse el señor de

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

mastery

[ˈmɑːstəri] n [language, technique, subject] → maîtrise f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

mastery

n (= control: of language, technique, instrument etc) → Beherrschung f; (= skill) → Können nt; (over competitors etc) → Oberhand f; mastery of the seas → Herrschaft f → über die Meere; the painter’s mastery of form → des Malers meisterhafter Gebrauch von Form; to gain the mastery of something → etw beherrschen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

mastery

[ˈmɑːst/ərɪ] n mastery (of) (subject, musical instrument) → padronanza (di); (of the seas) → dominio (su), supremazia (su)
mastery (at) (skill) → virtuosità f inv (a or in), maestria (a or in)
mastery (over) (competitors) → superiorità f inv (su)

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

master

(ˈmaːstə) – feminine mistress (ˈmistris) – noun

1. a person or thing that commands or controls. I'm master in this house!

2. an owner (of a slave, dog etc). The dog ran to its master.

3. a male teacher. the Maths master.

4. the commander of a merchant ship. the ship's master.

5. a person very skilled in an art, science etc. He's a real master at painting.

6. (with capital) a polite title for a boy, in writing or in speaking. Master John Smith.

adjective

(of a person in a job) fully qualified, skilled and experienced. a master builder/mariner/plumber.

verb

1. to overcome (an opponent, handicap etc). She has mastered her fear of heights.

2. to become skilful in. I don't think I'll ever master arithmetic.

ˈmasterful adjective

showing the power, authority or determination of a master. a masterful man.

ˈmasterfully adverb

ˈmasterfulness noun

ˈmasterly adjective

showing the skill of a master. His handling of the situation was masterly.

ˈmasterliness noun

ˈmastery noun

(usually with over or of) control, great skill or knowledge. We have gained mastery over the enemy.

master key

a key which opens a number of locks.

ˈmastermind noun

the person planning and controlling an undertaking or scheme. He was the mastermind behind the scheme.

verb

to plan (such a scheme). Who masterminded the robbery?

ˈmasterpiece noun

a piece of work or art worthy (to be called the greatest achievement) of a master. He considers this picture his masterpiece.

master stroke

a very clever thing to do. This sudden, unexpected attack was a master stroke.

master switch

a switch for controlling a number of other switches. There is a master switch that controls all the electricity.

master of ceremonies abbreviation ( MC)

a person who announces the various stages of an entertainment, formal social gathering, series of speakers at a dinner etc. The master of ceremonies introduced the speaker.

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TWO GAME COCKS were fiercely fighting for the mastery of the farmyard.

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Here was mastery and power, something far and away beyond him.

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Sooner or later they would get him, if he did not get them first, if he did not once again sear on their dark souls the flaming mastery of the white man.

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Used to forcing issues used to gripping men and things and bending them to his will, he felt, now, the same compulsive prod of mastery. He wanted to tell her that he loved her and that there was nothing else for her to do but marry him.

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With his forces intact he will dispute the mastery of the Empire, and thus, without losing a man, his triumph will be complete.

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With the certainty of absolute mastery he causes men and women to live for us, a vast representative group, in all the actual variety of age and station, perfectly realized in all the subtile diversities and inconsistencies of protean human nature.

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But the abbe, though he evidently enjoyed the beauty of his companion, was absorbed in his mastery of the matter.

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CREON Crave not mastery in all, For the mastery that raised thee was thy bane and wrought thy fall.

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And yet I have had the weakness, and have still the weakness, to wish you to know with what a sudden mastery you kindled me, heap of ashes that I am, into fire--a fire, however, inseparable in its nature from myself, quickening nothing, lighting nothing, doing no service, idly burning away."

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here is need for you to put forth the might of your strong arms, for they of the Court are gaining the mastery in the tourney!" Called away by this noise and outcry, they proceeded no farther with the scrutiny of the remaining books, and so it is thought that "The Carolea," "The Lion of Spain," and "The Deeds of the Emperor," written by Don Luis de Avila, went to the fire unseen and unheard; for no doubt they were among those that remained, and perhaps if the curate had seen them they would not have undergone so severe a sentence.

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He was inexorable, and she sat still, and d'Urberville gave her the kiss of mastery. No sooner had he done so than she flushed with shame, took out her handkerchief, and wiped the spot on her cheek that had been touched by his lips.

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Here was another weight of chain to drag, and poor Lydgate was in a bad mood for bearing her dumb mastery. He had no impulse to tell her the trouble which must soon be common to them both.