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verb (used with object)
1.
to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command.
2.
to hold in check; curb: to control a horse; to control one's emotions.
3.
to test or verify (a scientific experiment) by a parallel experiment or other standard of comparison.
4.
to eliminate or prevent the flourishing or spread of: to control a forest fire.
5.
Obsolete. to check or regulate (transactions), originally by means of a duplicate register.
noun
6.
the act or power of controlling; regulation; domination or command: Who's in control here?
7.
the situation of being under the regulation, domination, or command of another: The car is out of control.
8.
check or restraint: Her anger is under control.
9.
a legal or official means of regulation or restraint: to institute wage and price controls.
10.
EXPANDStatistics. control variable (def. 1).
11.
a person who acts as a check; controller.
12.
a device for regulating and guiding a machine, as a motor or airplane.
13.
controls, a coordinated arrangement of such devices.
14.
prevention of the flourishing or spread of something undesirable: rodent control.
15.
Baseball. the ability of a pitcher to throw the ball into the strike zone consistently: The rookie pitcher has great power but no control.
16.
Philately. any device printed on a postage or revenue stamp to authenticate it as a government issue or to identify it for bookkeeping purposes.
17.
a spiritual agency believed to assist a medium at a séance.
18.
COLLAPSEthe supervisor to whom an espionage agent reports when in the field.
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is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English co(u)ntrollen (v.) < Anglo-French contreroller to keep a duplicate account or roll, derivative of contrerolle (noun). See counter-, roll
1425–75; late Middle English co(u)ntrollen (v.) < Anglo-French contreroller to keep a duplicate account or roll, derivative of contrerolle (noun). See counter-, roll
Related forms
con·trol·la·ble, adjective, noun
con·trol·la·bil·i·ty, con·trol·la·ble·ness, noun
con·trol·la·bly, adverb
con·trol·less, adjective
con·trol·ling·ly, adverb
EXPANDnon·con·trol·la·ble, adjective
non·con·trol·la·ble·ly, adverb
non·con·trolled, adjective
non·con·trol·ling, adjective
o·ver·con·trol, verb (used with object), o·ver·con·trolled, o·ver·con·trol·ling, noun
pre·con·trol, noun, verb (used with object), pre·con·trolled, pre·con·trol·ling.
qua·si-con·trolled, adjective
qua·si-con·trol·ling, adjective
sub·con·trol, verb (used with object), sub·con·trolled, sub·con·trol·ling.
su·per·con·trol, noun
un·con·trolled, adjective
un·con·trol·ling, adjective
well-con·trolled, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
1. manage, govern, rule. 2. restrain, bridle, constrain. 6. management, government, reign, rule, mastery. See authority.
1. manage, govern, rule. 2. restrain, bridle, constrain. 6. management, government, reign, rule, mastery. See authority.
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