control

[ kuhn-trohl ]

/ kənˈtroʊl /

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verb (used with object), con·trolled, con·trol·ling.

to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.

to hold in check; curb: to control a horse; to control one's emotions.

to test or verify (a scientific experiment) by a parallel experiment or other standard of comparison.

to eliminate or prevent the flourishing or spread of: to control a forest fire.

Obsolete. to check or regulate (transactions), originally by means of a duplicate register.

noun

the act or power of controlling; regulation; domination or command: Who's in control here?

the situation of being under the regulation, domination, or command of another: The car is out of control.

check or restraint: Her anger is under control.

a legal or official means of regulation or restraint: to institute wage and price controls.

Statistics. control variable(def 1).

a person who acts as a check; controller.

a device for regulating and guiding a machine, as a motor or airplane.

controls, a coordinated arrangement of such devices.

prevention of the flourishing or spread of something undesirable: rodent control.

Baseball. the ability of a pitcher to throw the ball into the strike zone consistently: The rookie pitcher has great power but no control.

Philately. any device printed on a postage or revenue stamp to authenticate it as a government issue or to identify it for bookkeeping purposes.

a spiritual agency believed to assist a medium at a séance.

the supervisor to whom an espionage agent reports when in the field.

Verb Phrases

control for, Statistics. to account for (variables in an analysis) by limiting the data under consideration to a comparison of like things: to control for demographic factors.

Origin of control

1425–75; late Middle English co(u)ntrollen (v.) < Anglo-French contreroller to keep a duplicate account or roll, derivative of contrerolle (noun). See counter-, roll

SYNONYMS FOR control

1 manage, govern, rule.

2 restrain, bridle, constrain.

6 management, government, reign, rule, mastery.

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synonym study for control

6. See authority.

OTHER WORDS FROM control

con·trol·la·ble, adjective, noun con·trol·la·bil·i·ty, con·trol·la·ble·ness, noun con·trol·la·bly, adverb con·trol·less, adjective

con·trol·ling·ly, adverb non·con·trol·la·ble, adjective non·con·trol·la·bly, adverb non·con·trolled, adjective non·con·trol·ling, adjective o·ver·con·trol, verb (used with object), o·ver·con·trolled, o·ver·con·trol·ling, noun pre·con·trol, noun, verb (used with object), pre·con·trolled, pre·con·trol·ling. qua·si-con·trolled, adjective qua·si-con·trol·ling, adjective sub·con·trol, verb (used with object), sub·con·trolled, sub·con·trol·ling. su·per·con·trol, noun un·con·trolled, adjective un·con·trol·ling, adjective well-con·trolled, adjective

Words nearby control

contrite, contrition, contrivance, contrive, contrived, control, control account, control board, control center, control character, control chart

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Thick coming fancies connected with by-gone days were rolling over his soul in an uncontrolled torrent.

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She could feel his every muscle strung and taut, ready for uncontrolled violence.

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British Dictionary definitions for uncontrolled (1 of 2)

uncontrolled

/ (ˌʌnkənˈtrəʊld) /

adjective

not controlled or regulated; uncurbed

British Dictionary definitions for uncontrolled (2 of 2)

control

/ (kənˈtrəʊl) /

verb -trols, -trolling or -trolled (tr)

to command, direct, or rule to control a country

to check, limit, curb, or regulate; restrain to control one's emotions; to control a fire

to regulate or operate (a machine)

to verify (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment in which the variable being investigated is held constant or is compared with a standard

to regulate (financial affairs)
to examine and verify (financial accounts)

to restrict or regulate the authorized supply of (certain substances, such as drugs)

noun

power to direct or determine under control; out of control

a means of regulation or restraint; curb; check a frontier control

(often plural) a device or mechanism for operating a car, aircraft, etc

a standard of comparison used in a statistical analysis or scientific experiment

a device that regulates the operation of a machine. A dynamic control is one that incorporates a governor so that it responds to the output of the machine it regulates
(as modifier)control panel; control room

spiritualism an agency believed to assist the medium in a séance

Also called: control mark a letter, or letter and number, printed on a sheet of postage stamps, indicating authenticity, date, and series of issue

one of a number of checkpoints on a car rally, orienteering course, etc, where competitors check in and their time, performance, etc, is recorded

Derived forms of control

controllable, adjective controllability or controllableness, noun controllably, adverb

Word Origin for control

C15: from Old French conteroller to regulate, from contrerolle duplicate register, system of checking, from contre- counter- + rolle roll

Medical definitions for uncontrolled

control

[ kən-trōl′ ]

v.

To verify or regulate a scientific experiment by conducting a parallel experiment or by comparing with another standard.

To hold in restraint; check.

n.

A standard of comparison for checking or verifying the results of an experiment.

An individual or group used as a standard of comparison in a control experiment.

Scientific definitions for uncontrolled

control

[ kən-trōl′ ]

A standard of comparison for checking or verifying the results of an experiment. In an experiment to test the effectiveness of a new drug, for example, one group of subjects (the control group) receives an inactive substance or placebo , while a comparison group receives the drug being tested.

Idioms and Phrases with uncontrolled

control

see out of control; spin control.

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

control

verb (used with object), con·trolled, con·trol·ling.