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English

Etymology

Middle English controllen, borrowed from Middle French contreroller, 'check against a duplicate account', from Medieval Latin contrarotulare, from contra 'opposite' + rotula 'roll, little wheel'.

Pronunciation

  • US: IPA: /kənˈt(ʃ)roʊl/,
  • UK: IPA: /kənˈtrəʊl/,
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-control.ogg


Verb

{{en-verb|control|l|ing}}

  1. To exercise influence over, to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
  2. : ''With a simple remote, he could control the toy truck.

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Noun

  1. Influence or authority over.
  2. : The government has complete control over the situation.
  3. A separate group or subject in an experiment against which the results are compared where the primary variable is low or nonexistence.
  4. The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.
  5. A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities, synonymous with safeguard and counter-measure.
  6. restraint or ability to contain one's emotions, or self-control.
  7. An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box.


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Translations

  • German: {{t+|de|Kontrolle|f}}
  • Spanish: {{t-|es|administración|f}}, {{t-|es|control|m}}, {{t-|es|dirección|f}}, {{t-|es|manejo|m}}, {{t-|es|organización|f}}
  • Spanish: {{t|es|patrón de comparación|m}}
  • Spanish: {{t-|es|control|m}}, {{t-|es|mando|m}}
  • Spanish: {{t|es|contramedida|f}}
  • Spanish: {{t-|es|control|m}}, {{t|es|autodominio|m}}

Category:1000 English basic words

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Spanish

Noun

  1. Control, or running of a business
  2. Control of a machine. mando
  3. Control or emotional restraint. self-control


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Control \Con*trol"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Controlled; p. pr. &
vb. n. Controlling.] [F. contr[^o]ler, fr. contr[^o]le.]
[Formerly written comptrol and controul.]
1. To check by a counter register or duplicate account; to
prove by counter statements; to confute. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

This report was controlled to be false. --Fuller.
[1913 Webster]

2. To exercise restraining or governing influence over; to
check; to counteract; to restrain; to regulate; to govern;
to overpower.
[1913 Webster]

Give me a staff of honor for mine age,
But not a scepter to control the world. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

I feel my virtue struggling in my soul:
But stronger passion does its power control.
--Dryden.

3. to assure the validity of an experimental procedure by
using a control[7].
[PJC]

Syn: To restrain; rule; govern; manage; guide; regulate;
hinder; direct; check; curb; counteract; subdue.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Control \Con*trol"\, n. [F. contr[^o]le a counter register,
contr. fr. contr-r[^o]le; contre (L. contra) + r[^o]le roll,
catalogue. See Counter and Roll, and cf. Counterroll.]
1. A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or
check another account or register; a counter register.
[Obs.] --Johnson.
[1913 Webster]

2. That which serves to check, restrain, or hinder;
restraint. "Speak without control." --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]

3. Power or authority to check or restrain; restraining or
regulating influence; superintendence; government; as,
children should be under parental control.
[1913 Webster]

The House of Commons should exercise a control over
all the departments of the executive administration.
--Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]

4. (Mach.) The complete apparatus used to control a mechanism
or machine in operation, as a flying machine in flight;
specifically (A["e]ronautics), the mechanism controlling
the rudders and ailerons.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

5. (Climatology) Any of the physical factors determining the
climate of any particular place, 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.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

6. (Technology) in research, an object or subject used in an
experimental procedure, which is treated identically to
the primary subject of the experiment, except for the
omission of the specific treatment or conditions whose
effect is being investigated. If the control is a group of
living organisms, as is common in medical research, it is
called the

control group.

Note: For most experimental procedures, the results are not
considered valid and reliable unless a proper control
experiment is performed. There are various types of
control used in experimental science, and often several
groups of subjects serve as controls, being subjected
to different variations of the experimental procedure,
or controlling for several variables being tested. When
the effects caused by an experimental treatment are not
consistent and obvious, statistical analysis of the
results is typically used to determine if there are any
significant differences between the effects of
different experimental conditions.
[PJC]

7. (Technology) the part of an experimental procedure in
which the controls[6] are subjected to the experimental
conditions.
[PJC]

8. the group of technical specialists exercising control by
remote communications over a distant operation, such as a
space flight; as, the American Mission Control for manned
flights is located in Houston.
[PJC]

Board of control. See under Board.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet control
n 1: power to direct or determine; "under control"
2: 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"
3: (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"
4: a standard against which other conditions can be compared in
a scientific experiment; "the control condition was
inappropriate for the conclusions he wished to draw" [syn:
control condition]
5: the activity of managing or exerting control over something;
"the control of the mob by the police was admirable"
6: the state that exists when one person or group has power
over another; "her apparent dominance of her husband was
really her attempt to make him pay attention to her" [syn:
dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency]
7: discipline in personal and social activities; "he was a
model of polite restraint"; "she never lost control of
herself" [syn: restraint] [ant: unrestraint]
8: great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or
activity; "a good command of French" [syn: command, mastery]
9: the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing
prices or wages etc.; "they wanted to repeal all the
legislation that imposed economic controls"
10: a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine; "the
speed control on his turntable was not working properly";
"I turned the controls over to her" [syn: controller]
11: a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium
during a seance
v 1: exercise authoritative control or power over; "control the
budget"; "Command the military forces" [syn: command]
2: 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"
[syn: hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate]
3: handle and cause to function; "do not operate machinery
after imbibing alcohol"; "control the lever" [syn: operate]
4: control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually
to one's advantage; "She manipulates her boss"; "She is a
very controlling mother and doesn't let her children grow
up"; "The teacher knew how to keep the class in line";
"she keeps in line" [syn: manipulate, keep in line]
5: verify or regulate by conducting a parallel experiment or
comparing with another standard, of scientific
experiments; "Are you controlling for the temperature?"
[syn: verify]
6: verify by using a duplicate register for comparison;
"control an account"
7: be careful or certain to do something; make certain of
something; "He verified that the valves were closed"; "See
that the curtains are closed"; "control the quality of the
product" [syn: see, check, insure, see to it, ensure,
ascertain, assure]
8: have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of; "Do
you control these data?" [syn: master]
[also: controlling, controlled]
Moby Dictionary
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airmanship , allay , alleviate , ancestral spirits , angel , aplomb ,
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attemper , attendant godling , authority , authorization ,
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direct , direction , directorship , discipline , disembodied spirit ,
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disposition , dominance , dominate , domination , dominion , dompt ,
downplay , drive , dull , duppy , dybbuk , effect , effectiveness ,
efficiency , eidolon , electronic control , eminence , empery , empire ,
empiricism , enchantment , engineer , enjoin , enslavement ,
enthrallment , esteem , evenness , experiment , experimental design ,
experimental method , experimental proof , experimentalism ,
experimentation , expertise , extenuate , facility , fairy godmother ,
familiar , familiar spirit , favor , feedback control , feudalism ,
feudality , finesse , first place , first prize , fly , force , form ,
genius , genius domus , genius loci , gentleness , ghost , golden mean ,
good angel , good feeling , good genius , govern , governance ,
government , grace , grasp , grateful dead , grip , gripe , guard ,
guardian , guardian angel , guardian spirit , guidance , guide , hand ,
handiness , handle , handling , hands , hant , happy medium , haunt ,
have clout , have control of , have in hand , have power ,
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head , head up , headship , hegemony , height , helm , helotism , helotry ,
highest , hinder , hindrance , hit and miss , hold , hold at bay ,
hold back , hold fast , hold in , hold in check , hold in hand ,
hold in leash , hold the helm , hold the reins , hold up ,
horsemanship , household gods , husbandry , idolum , immateriality ,
impartiality , imperium , importance , incidental power , incorporeal ,
incorporeal being , incorporeity , indentureship , independence ,
influence , influentiality , ingeniousness , ingenuity , inhibit ,
inhibition , injunction , insinuation , interdict , invisible helper ,
iron hand , judiciousness , jurisdiction , juste-milieu , keep ,
keep back , keep from , keep in , keep in check , keep under control ,
keep within bounds , kingship , knob , know-how , lares and penates ,
lares compitales , lares familiaris , lares permarini ,
lares praestites , lares viales , larva , lay , lay under restraint ,
lead , lead on , leadership , leading , legal restraint , lemures ,
lenify , lenity , lessen , lever , leverage , lighten , lordship ,
magnetism , make the rules , manage , management , managery , managing ,
manes , maneuver , manipulate , manipulation , marksmanship , master ,
mastermind , mastership , mastery , materialization , maximum ,
mechanism , meden agan , middle way , might , mildness ,
ministering angel , mitigate , moderate , moderateness , moderation ,
moderationism , modulate , moment , monopoly , most , ne plus ultra ,
neutrality , new high , noble experiment , nonviolence ,
nothing in excess , numen , obtund , officer , oni , order , ordering ,
oversee , oversight , pacifism , palliate , palms , paramountcy ,
peel off , penates , peonage , personality , persuasion , phantom ,
pilot , pilotage , play down , poltergeist , possess authority ,
possession , potency , power , practical ability , pragmatism ,
predominance , preponderance , prescribe , presence , presidency ,
pressure , prestige , primacy , proficiency , prohibit , prohibition ,
protection , protectionism , protective tariff , prowess , prudence ,
pull , pull in , pull the strings , purchase , put down , quarterback ,
quickness , raj , rationing , readiness , record , reduce ,
reduce the temperature , regnancy , regulate , regulation , reign ,
rein , rein in , reins of government , repose , repress , repute ,
research and development , resource , resourcefulness , restrain ,
restraint , restraint of trade , retard , retardation , retrench ,
retrenchment , revenant , robot control , rule , rule of thumb , run ,
running , savoir-faire , savvy , say , seamanship , self-abnegation ,
self-command , self-conquest , self-control , self-denial ,
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