Meaning

6 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)The position or authority of a master; dominion; command; supremacy; superiority.

    госпо́дствоgospódstvo, властьvlastʹ, влады́чествоvladýčestvo

  2. (uncountable, usually)Superiority in war or competition; victory; triumph; preeminence.

    превосхо́дствоprevosxódstvo

  3. (uncountable, usually)The act or process of mastering; the state of having mastered; expertise.

    владе́ниеvladénije, овладе́ниеovladénije

    the act of mastering or subordinating someone

  4. (obsolete, uncountable, usually)A contest for superiority.

    борьба́ за властьborʹbá za vlastʹ

  5. (obsolete, uncountable, usually)A masterly operation; a feat.

    мастерство́masterstvó

  6. (obsolete, uncountable, usually)The philosopher's stone.

Examples

26 sentences
  1. He has mastery of his temper.

  2. Do you believe in self-mastery?

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  3. He seeks mastery in every skill.

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  4. The two candidates are struggling for mastery.

  5. I had complete mastery over my feeling.

Translations

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position or authority of a master:
superiority in war or competition:
act or process of mastering, expertise:
contest for superiority:
masterly operation:

Origin

From Middle English maistery, maistrie, mastere, mastry, from Old French maistrie, equival

From Middle English maistery, maistrie, mastere, mastry, from Old French maistrie, equivalent to master + -y.

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Forms

plural: masteries
Singularmastery

uncountable

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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