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mastering

ADJECTIVE
governing
Synonyms
STRONGEST
administrative dominant guiding ruling
STRONG
absolute ascendant conducting controlling determining directing dominating executive ordering overseeing restraining superintending
WEAK
authoritative gubernatorial influential magisterial presidential regulatory supervisory supreme
Antonyms
STRONGEST
inferior subordinate
WEAK
powerless tributary
NOUN
getting
Synonyms
STRONG
appropriating assimilating capturing catching clutching confiscating earning gaining grasping obtaining pursuing securing seizing snatching taking winning
Antonyms
WEAK
abandoning giving up losing refusal rejecting throwing off

Example Sentences

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Mastering jet engines was one of the biggest challenges.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

Mastering Technology Across Millennia: Early hominins crafted sharp-edged stone tools with impressive precision and consistency.

From Science Daily • Nov. 4, 2025

Mastering a surface considered her weakest – even though she won the Wimbledon junior title in 2018 – has added further credibility to her case.

From BBC • Jul. 12, 2025

The message went out to all hopefuls: Mastering this game would offer the possibility of a lifetime appointment to the high court.

From Salon • May 16, 2025

Mastering himself again, he tried to prise the locket apart with his fingers, then attempted the charm Hermione had used to open Regulus’s bedroom door.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling