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"control the lever"verbhandle and cause to function
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"control the budget"verbexercise authoritative control or power over
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"control your anger"verblessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
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"the control condition was inappropriate for the conclusions he wished to draw"nouna standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment
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"this substance is controlled"verbplace under restrictions; limit access to by law
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"she never lost control of herself"noundiscipline in personal and social activities
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"control the quality of the product"verbbe careful or certain to do something; make certain of somethingtype of:
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"She is a very controlling mother and doesn't let her children grow up"verbmaintain influence over (others or oneself) skillfully, usually to one's advantage
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nounthe state that exists when one person or group has power over another
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"Are you controlling for the temperature?"verbcheck or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard
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noungreat skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activitytype of:
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"the speed controller on his turntable was not working properly" "I turned the controls over to her"nouna mechanism that controls the operation of a machine
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"Do you control these data?"verbhave a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of
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"measures for the control of disease" "they instituted controls over drinking on campus"nouna relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by anothertype of:
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nouna spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seancetype of:
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"the timing and control of his movements were unimpaired" "he had lost control of his sphincters"noun(physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc
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"under control"nounpower to direct or determinetype of:
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"the control of the mob by the police was admirable"nounthe activity of managing or exerting control over somethingtype of:
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"they wanted to repeal all the legislation that imposed economic controls"nounthe economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.type of:
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"control an account"verbverify by using a duplicate register for comparison
Examples of control
- "control the lever"
- "control the budget"
- "control your anger"
- "the control condition was inappropriate for the conclusions he wished to draw"
- "this substance is controlled"
- "she never lost control of herself"
- "control the quality of the product"
- "She is a very controlling mother and doesn't let her children grow up"
- "Are you controlling for the temperature?"
- "the speed controller on his turntable was not working properly"
- "I turned the controls over to her"
- "Do you control these data?"
- "measures for the control of disease"
- "they instituted controls over drinking on campus"
- "the timing and control of his movements were unimpaired"
- "he had lost control of his sphincters"
- "under control"
- "the control of the mob by the police was admirable"
- "they wanted to repeal all the legislation that imposed economic controls"
- "control an account"