Control
[kən'trəʊl] or [kən'trol]
Definition
(noun.) the activity of managing or exerting control over something; 'the control of the mob by the police was admirable'.
(noun.) (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc; 'the timing and control of his movements were unimpaired'; 'he had lost control of his sphincters'.
(noun.) a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine; 'the speed controller on his turntable was not working properly'; 'I turned the controls over to her'.
(noun.) power to direct or determine; 'under control'.
(noun.) the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.; 'they wanted to repeal all the legislation that imposed economic controls'.
(noun.) a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance.
(noun.) a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another; 'measures for the control of disease'; 'they instituted controls over drinking on campus'.
(verb.) exercise authoritative control or power over; 'control the budget'; 'Command the military forces'.
(verb.) lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; 'moderate your alcohol intake'; 'hold your tongue'; 'hold your temper'; 'control your anger'.
(verb.) check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard; 'Are you controlling for the temperature?'.
(verb.) verify by using a duplicate register for comparison; 'control an account'.
Checker: Wyatt--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.
(n.) That which serves to check, restrain, or hinder; restraint.
(n.) Power or authority to check or restrain; restraining or regulating influence; superintendence; government; as, children should be under parental control.
(v. t.) To check by a counter register or duplicate account; to prove by counter statements; to confute.
(v. t.) To exercise restraining or governing influence over; to check; to counteract; to restrain; to regulate; to govern; to overpower.
Checker: Newman
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Ascendency, sway, command, rule, dominion, government, mastery, superintendence, direction.
v. a. [1]. Direct, manage, regulate, govern, superintend, have the direction of, have charge of.[2]. Hinder, check, repress, curb, restrain, bridle.
Edited by Bradley
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See Verb_and_COMPULSION]
SYN: curb, moderate, repress, guide, regulate, restrain, coerce, manage,administer, govern
ANT:Neglect, abandon, license, berate, free, mismanage, misconduct
Typed by Jewel
Definition
n. restraint: authority: command.—v.t. to check: to restrain: to govern:—pr.p. contrōl′ling; pa.p. contrōlled′.—Formerly Comptroll′ Countrol′ Controul′.—adj. Control′lable capable of or subject to control.—ns. Control′ler Comptrol′ler one who checks the accounts of others by a counter-roll; Control′lership; Control′ment act or power of controlling: state of being controlled: control.
Typed by Adele
Examples
- I almost dread to-morrow--so much depends on my discretion and self-control. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Indisputably, Mr. Home owned manly self-control, however he might secretly feel on some matters. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Then came improved weighted and other safety valves to regulate and control this pressure. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- A wife, for example, had no control over her own property; she was in her husband's hands. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- If the woman's fierce temper once got beyond her control, and once flamed out on me, she might yet say the words which would put the clue in my hands. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- She admired the self-possession and the control of the dying man exceedingly. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Sam,' said Mr. Pickwick, 'if I am to render myself intelligible to this gentleman, I must beg you to control your feelings. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- By turning the wheel any type can be brought to the front, and a stationary guide controls its descent as it makes the impression. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The artist does that: he controls his medium so that we come most readily to the heart of his intention. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The wheel W controls the supply of current to the press-magnet, and the wheel W' to the type-magnet. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- There are controls where they ask for your papers. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Knowledge, already attained knowledge, controls thinking and makes it fruitful. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- When you see how business controls politics, it certainly is not very illuminating to call the successful business men of a nation criminals. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- They were like students flying a machine with dual controls which the pilot could take over whenever they made a mistake. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Rivers and pipes have their metres, so that now the velocity and volume of rivers and streams are measured and controlled, and floods prevented. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The clocks thus controlled ought to be so regulated that if left to themselves they would always gain a little, but not more than a few minutes per day. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- She controlled herself nobly. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The pendulum of the controlling clock, in swinging to either side, makes a brief contact, which completes the circuit of a galvanic battery, and thus sends a current to the controlled clock. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They are the means by which the direction of action is controlled. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Every day, uncontrolled fire wipes out human lives and destroys vast amounts of property; every day, fire, controlled and regulated in stove and furnace, cooks our food and warms our houses. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- They taught also how the gas should be distilled, condensed, cleaned, scrubbed, confined in retorts, and its flow measured and controlled. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The impulse under which I acted, the mood controlling me, were similar to the impulse and the mood which had induced me to visit the confessional. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- No, papa, I'm not nervous, said Eva, controlling herself, suddenly, with a strength of resolution singular in such a child. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- But in its case, the quality of the resulting knowledge is the controlling factor and not an incident of the activity. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The pendulum of the controlling clock, in swinging to either side, makes a brief contact, which completes the circuit of a galvanic battery, and thus sends a current to the controlled clock. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The eighteenth century thus commenced with a practical knowledge of the power of steam and of means for controlling and working it. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- I've been trying to cure it for forty years, and have only succeeded in controlling it. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- He himself happened to be a controlling, central part, the masses of men were the parts variously controlled. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Checker: Shelia