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- Dictionarycontrol/kənˈtrəʊl/
noun
- 1. the power to influence or direct people's behaviour or the course of events: "the whole operation is under the control of a production manager" Similar
- 2. a person or thing used as a standard of comparison for checking the results of a survey or experiment: "platelet activity was higher in patients with the disease than in the controls" Similar
verb
- 1. determine the behaviour or supervise the running of: "he was appointed to control the company's marketing strategy" Similar
- 2. take into account (an extraneous factor that might affect the results of an experiment): "no attempt was made to control for variations"
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to order, limit, or rule something, or someone's actions or behaviour: If you can't control your dog, put it on a lead! You're going to have to learn to control your temper. The temperature is controlled by a thermostat. The laws controlling drugs are very strict in this country.
1. a. : to exercise restraining or directing influence over : regulate. control one's anger. b. : to have power over : rule. A single company controls the industry. c. : to reduce the incidence or severity of especially to innocuous levels. control an insect population. control a disease. 2. a. : to incorporate suitable controls in.
The people who control an organization or place have the power to take all the important decisions about the way that it is run. He controls the largest company in the country. American English : control / kənˈtroʊl /
To have control is to have the power to run something in an orderly way. A skillful teacher maintains control over students who might otherwise waste time or be disruptive. A control can also be a device used to operate a machine, like the remote control for a television.
the power to make a person, organization, or object do what you want: The new teacher has no control over the class. The police are in control of the situation. The place was in chaos, and nobody seemed to be in control. He lost control of the vehicle. Fewer examples. a battle for control in the boardroom.
Control definition: to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate: command. See examples of CONTROL used in a sentence.
Definition of control noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. To exercise authoritative or dominating influence over; direct: The majority party controls the legislative agenda. See Synonyms at conduct. 2. To adjust to a requirement; regulate: rules that control trading on the stock market; valves that control the flow of water. 3. To hold in restraint; check: struggled to control my temper. 4.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Technology, Space, Hard science, Computers con‧trol1 /kənˈtrəʊl $ -ˈtroʊl/ S1 W1 noun 1 make somebody/something do what you want [ uncountable] the ability or power to make someone or something do what you want or make something happen in the way you want The disease robs you of...
Definition of control verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
