Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Learned thoroughly.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
master . - verb of a skill To reach a high level of
competency .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective understood perfectly
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Examples
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What A.B. Combs has mastered is to create a unique and deep leadership culture.
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What A.B. Combs has mastered is to create a unique and deep leadership culture.
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The DVDs were mastered from the original negatives, and the colors are bright and really pop.
Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures – The Complete Series » DVDs Worth Watching 2010
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The 2001 release contained the re-release trailer, the film in the original 2.21: 1 aspect ratio, digitally re-mastered from the original 70 mm print, and the soundtrack remixed in 5.1 surround sound.
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Link hypocricy at its finest. apple has once again mastered the reality of the black market to gain an advantage over its competitors.
Where Are Those Million iPhones? Everywhere. - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Six of these are mastered from the Expanded Edition versions of the soundtracks from three Star Wars episodes:
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There was apparently a CD release of dubious origin at one point, but it was mastered from a rather crackly copy of the album, or so I'm told -- the one vendor I ever found with access to copies of the CD edition failed to acquire one for me.
What I needed: a little bit of "went alright!" in my world 2007
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The one thing the bullies have mastered is the flinch factor: the minute they bring up some contentious issue and blast away at the Democrats for it, they are sure that some Democratic senator -- oh, say, from Connecticut, just to throw out a name -- will wring his hands and allow that perhaps they're right.
March 2006 2006
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Royson was now a man of title mastered him completely.
The Wheel O' Fortune Louis Tracy 1895
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Still, the reference to Provis by name mastered everything.
Great Expectations 2007
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