1. Great skilfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity
   - command, control 
2. Power to dominate or defeat
   "mastery of the seas"
   - domination, supremacy 
3. The act of mastering or subordinating someone
   - subordination

Derived forms: masteries

See also: master

Type of: ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, control, dominance, domination, skilfulness [Brit, Cdn], skillfulness [N. Amer]

Encyclopedia: Mastery

• come out
• come out of the closet
• come over
• come round
• come short
• come through
• come to
• come to grips
• come to hand
• come to life
• come to light
• come to mind
• come to terms with
• come to the fore
• come together
• come true
• come up
• come up to
• come upon
• come what may
• come with
• come-at-able
• come-hither
• come-on
• comeback