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mastered

How to use mastered in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for mastered.

Editorial note

You, sir, have mastered at least one of the two hard problems in computer science.

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Quick take

understood perfectly; "had his algebra problems down"

Meaning at a glance

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adjective

understood perfectly; "had his algebra problems down"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for mastered.

adjective

understood perfectly; "had his algebra problems down"

Example sentences

1

You, sir, have mastered at least one of the two hard problems in computer science.

2

The assumption that you've mastered in a matter of months what you think others have failed at for years.

3

Once you have mastered Emacs, you are good at all other editorsI haven't found that to be true at all.

4

In my calculus classes I have found that a great many of the students have not mastered high school algebra.

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They all had mastered that patronizing "settle down children" tone, and used it constantly.

6

Humans learned how to write 5000 years ago, and it took us a very long while until we mastered the art of transmitting information like that.

7

I think companies need to do a better job of listing what technologies they use without making it sound like it's required to have mastered all of them.

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And music targeting vinyl to begin with is usually mastered differently.

9

I still occasionally make use of fancy graphical debuggers like those in Xcode and Visual Studio, but the more I studied and mastered the art and science of the debugging process, the less I relied on those things.

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It's the oldest continuously-played board game in the world, it was originally developed as a tool for teaching business, it takes minutes to learn and I think nobody has ever mastered it, it's a great way to develop intuition about when to be aggressive and when to be defensive, and it has a perfect balance of tactics and strategy: it's called Go.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use mastered in a sentence?

You, sir, have mastered at least one of the two hard problems in computer science.

What does mastered mean?

understood perfectly; "had his algebra problems down"

What part of speech is mastered?

mastered is commonly used as adjective.