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adjective

ˌō-vər-ˈma-stə-riŋ How to pronounce overmastering (audio)
Definition of overmasteringnext
as in main
coming before all others in importance a matter that should be given overmastering priority by the incoming administration

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overmastering

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verb

present participle of overmaster
as in overwhelming
to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress the student was overmastered by the stress of taking the college placement test and broke down crying

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overmastering
  1. main
  2. dominant
  3. predominant
  4. primary
  5. foremost
  6. supreme
  7. leading
  8. first
Adjective
  • The zinc gradually lost its hold on the cables suspending the telescope’s main platform over the reflector dish.
    Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • The measure’s main opponents, the state Republican Party and the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, did not appear to raise any money to campaign against the proposition.
    Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
Definition of main
Adjective
  • Ninety percent of them believe that knowing the dominant muscle-fiber type of an athlete is useful for optimizing training and performance—but only half of them claim to actually know which of their athletes are slow-twitch or fast-twitch.
    Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 12 Nov. 2024
  • The people who dominate these institutions demographically also tend to share the dominant ideologies.
    Sean Illing, Vox, 9 Nov. 2024
Definition of dominant
Adjective
  • One search through artificial intelligence chatbots generates an exponential amount of 25 times more electricity than a Google search and will become the predominant energy consumer across several countries in a mere number of years.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Beijing is used to being the predominant external powerbroker with respect to the North and aims first and foremost to maintain balance and stability on the Korean Peninsula.
    Daniel DePetris, Twin Cities, 3 Nov. 2024
Definition of predominant
Adjective
  • Theoretically, the broadcast ban was aimed at both loyalist and republican groups, but the primary target was Sinn Féin and, consequently, Gerry Adams.
    Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
  • This decrease is attributed to lower sales volume and delays in shipping from a primary supplier.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of primary
Adjective
  • After a brief impression of Judy, Paris offered some insight into one of the girls’ foremost comedic influences growing up.
    Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 18 Nov. 2024
  • Alex Sarian, the president and CEO of Arts Commons, one of Canada’s foremost centers for the arts, thinks the answer is a crisis of relevance.
    Timothy J. McClimon, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of foremost
Adjective
  • However, it is frequently overlooked by general celebrants of the spooky holiday who are not supreme enthusiasts of the King of Pop.
    Ime Ekpo, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The supreme leader has also vowed to start stoning women to death in public again.
    Harriet Marsden, The Week UK, theweek, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of supreme
Adjective
  • The actress, who scored her first leading role as Zenon, has starred in the long-running soap opera since 2005.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Among the leading virtual influencers, Lil Miquela -a digital avatar with over 3 million Instagram followers- has collaborated with brands like Prada and Calvin Klein.
    Esade Business & Law School, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of leading
Adjective
  • As China’s first nuclear test in 1964 prompted India to test a weapon in 1974, which in turn drove Pakistan to accelerate its nuclear program and test a weapon in 1998, in the long run, Israel’s escalating military campaign may constitute Iran’s final incentive to cross the nuclear threshold.
    Carrie A. Lee, Foreign Affairs, 19 Nov. 2024
  • The first third of the book is largely takes place in the faux-medieval village from Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World.
    Bailey Trela, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
Definition of first
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