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premastery

premastery adjective: before reaching the level of mastery.

Adjective

premastery (not comparable)

  1. Before reaching the level of mastery.
    • However, the children who were at the premastery levels in the memory and attention experiments either were unaware of the need for auxiliary stimuli (primitive stage) or were unable to use them successfully (naïve psychology stage).2008, Margaret E. Gredler, Carolyn Claytor Shields, Vygotsky's Legacy: A Foundation for Research and Practice, page 67

Origin of premastery

From pre- + mastery.

Questions about premastery

What does premastery mean?
Premastery means before reaching the level of mastery.
What part of speech is premastery?
Premastery is an adjective.

Words near premastery in the dictionary

  1. premastectomy
  2. premaster
  3. premastered
  4. premastering
  5. premasters
  6. premastery
  7. premasticate
  8. premasticated
  9. premasticates
  10. premasticating
  11. premastication

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