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# mastered

«mastered» in Mova's school dictionary: **Learned something completely so that you can do it well:…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (past tense and past participle of master: master, masters, mastered, mastering)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Learned something completely so that you can do it well: she has mastered long division. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mastered/#m1)

2) Got control over a feeling or difficulty: he mastered his fear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mastered/#m2)

3) (music) Made the final version of a recording. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mastered/#m3)

4) Mastered can also mean defeated or overpowered in a fight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mastered/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In school, «mastered» shows full learning: «once you have mastered times tables...». Teachers and reports use it about skills. In stories characters «mastered their fear». Phrases: have mastered, mastered the art of, fully mastered.

### examples

- I have finally mastered riding my bike. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mastered/#x1)
- Once you have mastered adding, you can learn multiplying. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mastered/#x2)
- She mastered the piano piece after weeks of practice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mastered/#x3)
- He mastered his fear of the dark. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mastered/#x4)
- Our class has mastered the five times table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mastered/#x5)
- The puppy mastered «sit» in one day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mastered/#x6)
- It took me ages, but I mastered the backflip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mastered/#x7)
- The song was mastered in a big studio. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mastered/#x8)
- Snati immediately sprang upon him, and Ring assisted in the attack, and after a hard struggle they mastered him a second time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mastered/#x9)

### note

Regular past form of «master»: master + ed. Used with «have/has» for a skill you now know: «I have mastered it». The noun «mastery» means full skill. Trap: «master» can also be a noun (a skilled person, or an old word for a male teacher or owner).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «mastered» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mastered/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.