Noun: mastery mã-stu-ree
- Great skilfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity
"a good mastery of French";
- command, control
- Power to dominate or defeat
"mastery of the seas";
- domination, supremacy
- The act of mastering or subordinating someone
"His mastery of the situation was impressive";
- subordination
Derived forms: masteries
Type of: ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, control, dominance, domination, skilfulness [Brit, Cdn], skillfulness [N. Amer]
Encyclopedia: Mastery