mastery, subordination
(noun) the act of mastering or subordinating someone
command, control, mastery
(noun) great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity; “a good command of French”
domination, mastery, supremacy
(noun) power to dominate or defeat; “mastery of the seas”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
mastery (usually uncountable, plural masteries)
The position or authority of a master; dominion; command; supremacy; superiority.
Superiority in war or competition; victory; triumph; preeminence.
(obsolete) Contest for superiority.
(obsolete) A masterly operation; a feat.
(obsolete) The philosopher's stone.
The act or process of mastering; the state of having mastered; expertise.
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Source: Wiktionary
Mas"ter*y, n.; pl. Masteries. Etym: [OF. maistrie.]
1. 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. Sir W. Raleigh.
2. Superiority in war or competition; victory; triumph; preëminence. The voice of them that shout for mastery. Ex. xxxii. 18. Every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. 1 Cor. ix. 25. O, but to have gulled him Had been a mastery. B. Jonson.
3. Contest for superiority. [Obs.] Holland.
4. A masterly operation; a feat. [Obs.] I will do a maistrie ere I go. Chaucer.
5. Specifically, the philosopher's stone. [Obs.]
6. The act process of mastering; the state of having mastered. He could attain to a mastery in all languages. Tillotson. The learning and mastery of a tongue, being unpleasant in itself, should not be cumbered with other difficulties. Locke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 May 2024
(verb) summon to return; “The ambassador was recalled to his country”; “The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
