MASTERING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mastering mean? 

• MASTERING (noun)
  The noun MASTERING has 2 senses:

1. becoming proficient in the use of something; having mastery of

2. the act of making a master recording from which copies can be made

  Familiarity information: MASTERING used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MASTERING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Becoming proficient in the use of something; having mastery of

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

his mastering the art of cooking took a long time

Hypernyms ("mastering" is a kind of...):

education (the gradual process of acquiring knowledge)

Derivation:

master (be or become completely proficient or skilled in)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of making a master recording from which copies can be made

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

he received a bill for mastering the concert and making 100 copies

Hypernyms ("mastering" is a kind of...):

recording; transcription (the act of making a record (especially an audio record))

 Context examples 

Martin rented a typewriter and spent a day mastering the machine.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Stanley Hopkins had laid his hand upon her arm and claimed her as his prisoner, but she waved him aside gently, and yet with an over-mastering dignity which compelled obedience.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mastering some hesitation, he answered, "Miss Oliver, I presume."

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Our comradeship was becoming tremulous, I had mastered my love long and well, but now it was mastering me.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

In the meantime, the abysmal brute in Beauty Smith had been rising into his brain and mastering the small bit of sanity that he possessed at best.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

So Martin went on into a thorough study of evolution, mastering more and more the subject himself, and being convinced by the corroborative testimony of a thousand independent writers.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

He did not want to bite the hand, and he endured the peril of it until his instinct surged up in him, mastering him with its insatiable yearning for life.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

The blood surged into his face, wave upon wave, mastering the bronze of it till the blush of shame flaunted itself from collar-rim to the roots of his hair.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)