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# mastering

«mastering» in Mova's school dictionary: **learning it completely and becoming really good at it** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (master, masters, mastered, mastering — -ing form); noun (mastering — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Mastering a skill or subject means learning it completely and becoming really good at it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mastering/#m1)

2) Mastering a feeling means getting control of it («mastering his fear»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mastering/#m2)

3) (music) Mastering is the last stage of making a recording, when the sound is balanced and made ready to sell or stream. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mastering/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In school, «mastering times tables» means knowing them quickly and without mistakes; many schools talk about «mastery». In stories, a character mastering fear shows courage. In music technology, mastering is a job in a studio.

### examples

- She is mastering the 7 times table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mastering/#x1)
- Mastering a new language takes years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mastering/#x2)
- He is mastering his fear of heights. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mastering/#x3)
- Mastering the piano needs daily practice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mastering/#x4)
- We are mastering long division this term. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mastering/#x5)
- The band's song is in the mastering stage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mastering/#x6)
- Mastering a skateboard trick takes lots of falls. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mastering/#x7)
- He spoke to her then, mastering his heart to do it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mastering/#x8)

### note

From «master» (no double r: mastered, mastering). «Master» as a verb is used for both girls and boys. «Mastery» is the noun for very good knowledge.

### Trees and pragmatics

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