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control

Meaning

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

Hyphenated as

con‧trol

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kənˈtɹəʊl/

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Sentences

For about six years I managed to control myself .

For about six years I managed to control myself.

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unlike the senior series , were getting out of control .

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

Control an active connection multiplexing master process .

Control an active connection multiplexing master process.

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