mastered
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 →
2) Got control over a feeling or difficulty: he mastered his fear. tree →
3) (music) Made the final version of a recording. tree →
4) Mastered can also mean defeated or overpowered in a fight. tree →
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 →
- Once you have mastered adding, you can learn multiplying. tree →
- She mastered the piano piece after weeks of practice. tree →
- He mastered his fear of the dark. tree →
- Our class has mastered the five times table. tree →
- The puppy mastered «sit» in one day. tree →
- It took me ages, but I mastered the backflip. tree →
- The song was mastered in a big studio. tree →
- Snati immediately sprang upon him, and Ring assisted in the attack, and after a hard struggle they mastered him a second time. tree →
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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.