What does "mastery" mean?

The position or authority of a master; dominion; command; supremacy; superiority.

What is a synonym for "mastery"?

Common synonyms include: command, domination, ability, acme, address, adeptness.

Pronounced //ˈmɑːs.t(ə.)ɹi//.

//ˈmɑːs.t(ə.)ɹi// noun

noun ·Common ·Middle school level

Noun

1
The position or authority of a master; dominion; command; supremacy; superiority. uncountable, usually
"If divided by mountains, they will fight for the mastery of the passages of the tops."
2
the act of mastering or subordinating someone wordnet
3
Superiority in war or competition; victory; triumph; preeminence. uncountable, usually
"They were faire Ladies, till they fondly ſtriu’d / With th’Heliconian maides for mayſtery; / Of whom they ouer-comen, were depriu’d / Of their proud beautie, and th’one moyity / Transform’d to fiſh, for their bold ſurquedry, / But th’vpper halfe their hew retayned ſtill, / And their ſweet skill in wonted melody; / Which euer after they abuſd to ill, / T’allure weake traueillers, whom gotten they did kill."
4
great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity wordnet
5
The act or process of mastering; the state of having mastered; expertise. uncountable, usually
"He […]could attain to a mastery in all languages."

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power to dominate or defeat wordnet
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A contest for superiority. obsolete, uncountable, usually
"[…] pastimes of wrestling, and like maſteries betweene the Citizens of London and others of the Suburbes […]"
8
A masterly operation; a feat. obsolete, uncountable, usually
"Ye welsh men..brake out vpon the Englysshe men in ye Bordour..and there made masteryes for a whyle."
9
The philosopher's stone. obsolete, uncountable, usually