Definitions
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- noun Becoming professional in the use of something; having mastery of
- verb Present participle of
master .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun becoming proficient in the use of something; having mastery of
- noun the act of making a master recording from which copies can be made
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Examples
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Letter to M.B. *** Oh for that simple faith which thou speaks of as mastering mountains of difficulty, and that not by might or power, but by its intrinsically victorious nature!
A Brief Memoir with Portions of the Diary, Letters, and Other Remains, of Eliza Southall, Late of Birmingham, England Eliza Southall
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Learning correct liaison is one of the challenges in mastering French.
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If you want to take the next step in mastering the new interface, and if you plan to attend SMX Advanced in Seattle, Washington next week, you can learn about the new interface from the people who built it.
New Interface Thursdays: Looking back and a chance to meet the team 2009
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I would say Aliens easily equals some of those other scripts you mentioned in mastering the genre they belong to in that it was somewhat transformative to the genre and the expectations of the genre.
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Instead, they seem more interested in mastering the art of pushing the president and lawmakers even closer to their expectations.
Bakari Kitwana: Has Obama Earned the Youth Vote? Bakari Kitwana 2010
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Most homes lack parents until the end of the day, when they are tired and cannot easily support their children in mastering anything.
Terry Newell: Fostering Mastery Terry Newell 2010
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Instead, they seem more interested in mastering the art of pushing the president and lawmakers even closer to their expectations.
Bakari Kitwana: Has Obama Earned the Youth Vote? Bakari Kitwana 2010
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It's great going to events where people think they have the next big thing in mastering (sic) control over that uncontrollable bunch of people out there in the market.
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It's great going to events where people think they have the next big thing in mastering (sic) control over that uncontrollable bunch of people out there in the market.
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Tools for That Finishing Touch by Michael Cooper for MIX (Dec. 2006) Equalization is one of the two most-common processes employed in mastering (the other being dynamics processing) to put the finishing touch on a recording project.
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Mastering out, as academics call it, meant making the very stigmatized decision to end my studies with a master’s degree, which is viewed, to many in my field, as a consolation prize.
The Unwritten Laws of Physics for Black Women Condé Nast 2022
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