Control

Quick meaning: Control is a verb meaning (transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.

Meaning

(transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.

More Meanings

1. (transitive, archaic) To verify the accuracy of (something or someone, especially a financial account) by comparison with another account.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To call to account, to take to task, to challenge.
3. (transitive) To hold in check, to curb, to restrain.
4. (countable, uncountable) An influence or authority over something.
5. The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.
6. Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
7. (transitive, statistics) (construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or more variables are reduced or eliminated.

Example Sentences

With a simple remote, he could control the toy truck.

The government has complete control over the situation.

Because only by the Capette Pellet method of hormonization can growers be assured of controlled dosage and uniform results.

I fortuned to come in, Thys rebell to behold, Whereof I hym controld; But he sayde that he wolde Agaynst my mynde and wyll In my church hawke styll.

Word Forms

• controls
• controlling
• controlled
• controll
• controul

Synonyms for control

Depending on context, synonyms include besteer, bewield, manage, puppeteer, rule, govern.

Antonyms for control

Common opposites include defy, rebel, resist, obey, submit, unrestraint.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include operate, command, ascendancy, dominance, mastery, controller.

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