control

Verb

1. (transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
2. (transitive) (construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or more variables are reduced or eliminated.
3. (archaic, transitive) To verify the accuracy of (something or someone, especially a financial account) by comparison with another account.
4. (obsolete, transitive) To call to account, to take to task, to challenge.
5. (transitive) To hold in check, to curb, to restrain.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) An influence or authority over something.
2. (countable, uncountable) The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.
3. (countable, uncountable) Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
4. (countable, uncountable) A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities; a safeguard or countermeasure.
5. (countable, uncountable) A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not going according to plan.
6. (countable, uncountable) A control group or control experiment.
7. (countable, uncountable) A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
8. (countable, uncountable) An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box.
9. (countable, uncountable) Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such as latitude, distribution of land and water, altitude, exposure, prevailing winds, permanent high- or low-barometric-pressure areas, ocean currents, mountain barriers, soil, and vegetation.
10. (countable, uncountable) A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an expression in context. See control.
11. (countable, uncountable) A spirit that takes possession of a psychic or medium and allows other spirits to communicate with the living.
12. (countable) A checkpoint along an audax route.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kənˈtɹəʊl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: controllen

In summary

From Middle English controllen, from Old French contrerole, from Medieval Latin contrārotulum (“a counter-roll or register used to verify accounts”), from Latin contrā (“against, opposite”) + Medieval Latin rotulus, Latin rotula (“roll, a little wheel”), diminutive of rota (“a wheel”).

Synonyms

rule

govern

restrain

command

check

manage

authority

power

supervise

direct

restraint

curb

regulate

direction

management

regulation

supervision

dominate

reign

jurisdiction

administer

hold

influence

suppress

repress

verify

suppression

subdue

mastery

lead

inspection

administration

oversee

ascendancy

superintendence

moderate

operate

sway

master

domination

ascendance

inspect

monitor

superintend

conduct

government

dominion

order

discipline

contain

Translations

contrôle

Kontrolle

controllo

control

contrôler

controlar

kontrollieren

controllare

έλεγχος

control

gouverner

beherrschen

Steuerung

controle

controlar

Sentences

For about six years I managed to control myself .

With age her control and power increased .

Costs , not unlike the senior series , were getting out of control .

There may also be pollution control or waste treatment facilities or equipment .

Control an active connection multiplexing master process .

They are room staff who perform the work of admission and control , and seller-speaker.