mastery
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5.6
- noun
- /ˈmæstəri/
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dominio
- For a German invasion to succeed, Hitler needed to destroy the Royal Air Force and its airfields and secure mastery of the skies.
- mastery and control
- drive for mastery
- mastery over nature
Is some way in which my own control of the event, my mastery of the event is thwarted.
- Is some way in which my own control of the event, my mastery of the event is thwarted.
- Number four is what's called environmental mastery.
- Rather, mastery was by nature a forceful collective assault.
- Phantasms give the user a false sense of mastery over that which they refuse to understand.
- So clearly their civilization has achieved a mastery of what we call sigh phenomena or psychic ability.
Examples
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Once complete mastery of the air is achieved... enemy war industries will lie helplessly exposed... to systematic destruction.
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This secret alone gave him mastery of the sea.
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For the Lord has delivered Israel and returned the people to mastery in their own land.
Academic text (1999) -
A struggle for mastery of Europe and the world.
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Here the early kings would found new cities and begin to establish their mastery of the region.
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And it gave King Atlan mastery over the seven seas.
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Optimists also rated themselves as having greater control and mastery in completing their projects.
Academic text (2002) -
Field's handling of this whole indelicate situation bespoke his mastery over this fallen world.
Fiction book (1990) -
If students are to pursue learning for learning's sake and for mastery of content, they need to feel competent.
Academic text (1995) -
The artist achieved complete mastery over her craft after years of dedicated practice.
Synonyms
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4.9
Power to control people or things, often in the military
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4.2
Power that someone has over other people
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4.7
To have power or control over other people
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5.1
Power and control over other people or groups
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3.2
A position giving power or advantage over someone in a situation
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7.1
Being higher than others in power or importance
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8.2
A position of power over other people or groups
3
8.0
Power or influence over other people
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8.0
A strong control that stops people or groups from acting freely
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7.5
The time a leader has power over a country
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8.4
The position of being in charge of a group or ship
Great power or influence that lets someone control others
A ruler's supreme control over other rulers and lands
Antonyms
How Dominant
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mastery comes from master, a word for someone in charge or with control, and from the Latin magister, which meant 'teacher' or 'chief'. So mastery means having control or power over someone or something.