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MASTERY

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• MASTERY (noun)
The noun MASTERY has 3 senses:

1. great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity
2. power to dominate or defeat
3. the act of mastering or subordinating someone

Familiarity information: MASTERY used as a noun is uncommon.

• MASTERY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

mastery; command; control

Context example:

a good command of French

Hypernyms ("mastery" is a kind of...):

skillfulness (the state of being cognitively skillful)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Power to dominate or defeat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

supremacy; domination; mastery

Context example:

mastery of the seas

Hypernyms ("mastery" is a kind of...):

ascendance; ascendancy; ascendence; ascendency; control; dominance (the state that exists when one person or group has power over another)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mastery"):

superiority; transcendence; transcendency (the state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

The act of mastering or subordinating someone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

mastery; subordination

Hypernyms ("mastery" is a kind of...):

domination (social control by dominating)

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(English proverb)
"Two watermelons can’t be grabbed in one hand."
(Afghanistan proverb)
"He laughs most he who laughs last."
(Arabic proverb)
"From children and drunks will you hear the truth."
(Danish proverb)

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Definition of ascendence
Pronunciation of ascendency
Definition of control
Pronunciation of dominance

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