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mastery
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mas·ter·y  (mst-r)
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.

mastery
Noun
pl -teries
1. outstanding skill or expertise
2. complete power or control: he had complete mastery over the country
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.mastery - great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity; "a good command of French"
skillfulness - the state of being cognitively skillful
2.masterymastery - power to dominate or defeat; "mastery of the seas"
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
domination - social control by dominating

mastery
Translations
mastery [ˈmɑːstərɪ] nmaestría
mastery [ˈmɑːstərɪ] nmaîtrise f; connaissance parfaite
mastery [ˈmɑːstərɪ] master n (of language etc) → Beherrschung f;
(skill) → (meisterhaftes) Können nt
mastery [ˈmɑːstərɪ] ndominio; padronanza


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