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mastery

  • /ˈmɑː.stə.ɹi/ UK
  • [ˈmɑː.stɹi] UK
  • /ˈmæs.tə.ɹi/ Canada, US
  • [ˈmæs.tɹi] Canada, US

Where it comes from

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

noun masteries · masterie

  1. uncountable, usually The position or authority of a master; dominion; command; supremacy; superiority. If divided by mountains, they will fight for the mastery of the passages of the tops.
  2. uncountable, usually Superiority in war or competition; victory; triumph; preeminence. 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 w
  3. uncountable, usually The act or process of mastering; the state of having mastered; expertise. He […]could attain to a mastery in all languages.
  4. obsolete, uncountable, usually A contest for superiority. […] pastimes of wrestling, and like maſteries betweene the Citizens of London and others of the Suburbes […]
  5. obsolete, uncountable, usually A masterly operation; a feat. Ye welsh men..brake out vpon the Englysshe men in ye Bordour..and there made masteryes for a whyle.
  6. obsolete, uncountable, usually The philosopher's stone.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: domination, command, control, subordination, supremacy, dominance, master, mastering, controlling, proficiency, proficient, controllability, learning, predominance, flair, familiarity

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noun position or authority of a master

हिन्दीकाबू kābū
Русскийгоспо́дство gospódstvo, власть vlastʹ, влады́чество vladýčestvo

noun superiority in war or competition

Русскийпревосхо́дство prevosxódstvo

noun act or process of mastering, expertise

Españoldominio
Portuguêsmaestria
Françaismaîtrise
Italianopadronanza, maestria
Русскийвладе́ние vladénije, овладе́ние ovladénije

noun contest for superiority

Русскийборьба́ за власть borʹbá za vlastʹ

noun masterly operation

हिन्दीकाबू kābū
Русскиймастерство́ masterstvó

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@misc{mastery_2026,
  title = {mastery},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mastery},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}