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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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TWO GAME COCKS were fiercely fighting for the mastery of the farmyard.
Here was mastery and power, something far and away beyond him.
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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