1 [U,sing.] ~ (of sth) great knowledge about or understanding of a particular thing:
She has mastery of several languages. * The orchestra is unrivalled in terms of technical mastery and sheer vitality.
2 [U] ~ (of / over sb/sth) control or power:
human mastery of the natural world * He struggled for mastery over his emotions.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for mastery is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is mastery a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, mastery is tagged as noun.
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