Control

/kənˈtɹəʊl/ · verb

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

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

Example Sentences

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

This was a wonderful advert for the Premier League, with both Chelsea and United intent on all-out attack - but Ferguson will be concerned at how his side lost their way after imperiously controlling much of the first period.

In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […] The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra–wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised.

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.

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

The government has complete control over the situation.

She had no control of her body as she tumbled downhill. She did not know up from down. It was not unlike being cartwheeled in a relentlessly crashing wave.

The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […], or offering services that let you[…] "share the things you love with the world" and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention.

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Word Forms

• controls
• controlling
• controlled
• Ctrl
• comptrol
• comptroll
• controll
• controul
• countrol

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