CONTROL
\kəntɹˈə͡ʊl], \kəntɹˈəʊl], \k_ə_n_t_ɹ_ˈəʊ_l]\
Definitions of CONTROL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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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"
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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"
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the activity of managing or exerting control over something; "the control of the mob by the police was admirable"
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(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"
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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"
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discipline in personal and social activities; "he was a model of polite restraint"; "she never lost control of herself"
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power to direct or determine; "under control"
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the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.; "they wanted to repeal all the legislation that imposed economic controls"
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a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance
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have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of; "Do you control these data?"
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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"
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verify by using a duplicate register for comparison; "control an account"
By Princeton University
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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"
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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"
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the activity of managing or exerting control over something; "the control of the mob by the police was admirable"
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(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"
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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"
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discipline in personal and social activities; "he was a model of polite restraint"; "she never lost control of herself"
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power to direct or determine; "under control"
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the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.; "they wanted to repeal all the legislation that imposed economic controls"
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a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance
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have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of; "Do you control these data?"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.
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That which serves to check, restrain, or hinder; restraint.
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Power or authority to check or restrain; restraining or regulating influence; superintendence; government; as, children should be under parental control.
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To check by a counter register or duplicate account; to prove by counter statements; to confute.
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To exercise restraining or governing influence over; to check; to counteract; to restrain; to regulate; to govern; to overpower.
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The complete apparatus used to control a mechanism or machine in operation, as a flying machine in flight;
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the mechanism controlling the rudders and ailerons.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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The complete apparatus used to control a mechanism or machine in operation, as a flying machine in flight;
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the mechanism controlling the rudders and ailerons.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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A check; restraint; superintendence; authority; the apparatus regulating the movement of an airplane.
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To restrain; govern; regulate.
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Controlled.
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Controlling.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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(formerly COMPTROLL), Restraint: authority: command.
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To check: to restrain: to govern:-pr.p. controlling; pa.p. controlled.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To direct; govern; influence; regulate; manage.
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The act of controlling; influence; regulation; government; command.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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