Sekirov Dictionary

control

UK /kənˈtɹəʊl/US /kənˈtɹoʊl/

noun12

  1. the power to decide what someone or something does or how it works
  2. Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
  3. The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.
  4. An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box.
  5. A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities; a safeguard or countermeasure.
  6. A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not going according to plan.
  7. A control group or control experiment.
  8. Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such 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.
  9. A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an expression in context. See control.
  10. A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
  11. A spirit that takes possession of a psychic or medium and allows other spirits to communicate with the living.
  12. A checkpoint along an audax route.

verb5

  1. To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
  2. To hold in check, to curb, to restrain.
  3. (construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or more variables are reduced or eliminated.
  4. (no longer used) To verify the accuracy of (something or someone, especially a financial account) by comparison with another account.
  5. (no longer used) To call to account, to take to task, to challenge.
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Phrases with control

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