mastering

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noun

Becoming professional in the use of something; developing mastery.

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Meanings

adjectivemastering (comparative more mastering, superlative most mastering)

comparative more mastering · superlative most mastering

    nounmastering (countable and uncountable, plural masterings)

    plural masterings

    1. countableuncountableBecoming professional in the use of something; developing mastery.
    2. countableuncountableThe process by which an audio recording is mastered.

      In considering this whole roster of performances on record, the technical proficiency of the latest ones is unbrookable, and so is the dazzling clarity of the modern digital masterings […]

      2007, Alan Blyth, Choral Music on Record, page 263
    verb
    1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of master

    Translations

    Catalan masterització
    • masteritzacióTranslations
    French masterisation
    • masterisationTranslations
    German Bewältigung, Meisterung
    • BewältigungTranslations
    • MeisterungTranslations
    Italian masterizzazione
    • masterizzazioneTranslations
    Portuguese masterização
    • masterizaçãoTranslations
    Romanian masterizare
    • masterizareTranslations
    Spanish masterización
    • masterizaciónTranslations
    Welsh meistroliad
    • meistroliadTranslations

    Rhymes & wordplay

    Anagrams

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    Cite this entry
    APA

    mastering. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mastering

    MLA

    “mastering.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mastering. Accessed November 2, 2026.

    Chicago

    WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mastering,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mastering.

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