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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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