亚洲网紅露点

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control

[ kuhn-trohl ]

verb (used with object)

controlled, controlling.
  1. to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate: command:

    The car is difficult to control at high speeds.

    That zone is controlled by enemy troops.

    Synonyms: , ,

  2. to hold in check; curb:

    to control a horse;

    to control one's emotions.

    Synonyms: , ,

  3. to test or verify (a scientific experiment) by a parallel experiment or other standard of comparison.
  4. to eliminate or prevent the flourishing or spread of:

    to control a forest fire.

  5. Biology. (of an organism) to initiate an internal response to external stimuli.
  6. Obsolete. to check or regulate (transactions), originally by means of a duplicate register.


noun

  1. the act or power of controlling; regulation; domination or command:

    Who's in control here?

    Synonyms: , , ,

  2. the situation of being under the regulation, domination, or command of another:

    The car is out of control.

  3. check or restraint:

    Her anger is under control.

  4. a legal or official means of regulation or restraint:

    to institute wage and price controls.

  5. a person who acts as a check; controller.
  6. a device for regulating and guiding a machine, as a motor or airplane.
  7. controls, a coordinated arrangement of such devices.
  8. prevention of the flourishing or spread of something undesirable:

    rodent control.

  9. Biology. an organism鈥檚 ability to initiate an internal response to external stimuli ( regulation ).
  10. Baseball. the ability of a pitcher to throw the ball into the strike zone consistently:

    The rookie pitcher has great power but no control.

  11. Philately. any device printed on a postage or revenue stamp to authenticate it as a government issue or to identify it for bookkeeping purposes.
  12. a spiritual agency believed to assist a medium at a s茅ance.
  13. the supervisor to whom an espionage agent reports when in the field.

verb phrase

  1. 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.

control

/ 办蓹苍藞迟谤蓹蕣濒 /

verb

  1. to command, direct, or rule

    to control a country

  2. to check, limit, curb, or regulate; restrain

    to control a fire

    to control one's emotions

  3. to regulate or operate (a machine)
  4. 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
    1. to regulate (financial affairs)
    2. to examine and verify (financial accounts)
  5. to restrict or regulate the authorized supply of (certain substances, such as drugs)
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. power to direct or determine

    under control

    out of control

  2. a means of regulation or restraint; curb; check

    a frontier control

  3. often plural a device or mechanism for operating a car, aircraft, etc
  4. a standard of comparison used in a statistical analysis or scientific experiment
    1. 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
    2. ( as modifier )

      control panel

      control room

  5. spiritualism an agency believed to assist the medium in a s茅ance
  6. Also calledcontrol mark a letter, or letter and number, printed on a sheet of postage stamps, indicating authenticity, date, and series of issue
  7. one of a number of checkpoints on a car rally, orienteering course, etc, where competitors check in and their time, performance, etc, is recorded
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

control

  1. 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.
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Derived Forms

  • 肠辞苍藞迟谤辞濒濒补产濒别, adjective
  • 肠辞苍藞迟谤辞濒濒补产濒测, adverb
  • 肠辞苍藢迟谤辞濒濒补藞产颈濒颈迟测, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 肠辞苍路迟谤辞濒路濒补路产濒别 adjective noun
  • 肠辞苍路迟谤辞濒路濒补路产颈濒路颈路迟测 [k, uh, n-troh-l, uh, -, bil, -i-tee], 肠辞苍路迟谤辞濒路濒补路产濒别路ness noun
  • 肠辞苍路迟谤辞濒路濒补路产濒测 adverb
  • 肠辞苍路迟谤辞濒路濒别蝉蝉 adjective
  • 肠辞苍路迟谤辞濒路濒颈苍驳路濒测 adverb
  • non路肠辞苍路迟谤辞濒路濒补路产濒别 adjective
  • non路肠辞苍路迟谤辞濒路濒补路产濒测 adverb
  • 苍辞苍路肠辞苍路迟谤辞濒濒别诲 adjective
  • 苍辞苍路肠辞苍路迟谤辞濒路濒颈苍驳 adjective
  • 辞路惫别谤路肠辞苍路迟谤辞濒 verb (used with object) overcontrolled overcontrolling noun
  • 辫谤别路肠辞苍路迟谤辞濒 noun verb (used with object) precontrolled precontrolling
  • 辩耻补路蝉颈-肠辞苍路迟谤辞濒濒别诲 adjective
  • 辩耻补路蝉颈-肠辞苍路迟谤辞濒路濒颈苍驳 adjective
  • 蝉耻产路肠辞苍路迟谤辞濒 verb (used with object) subcontrolled subcontrolling
  • 蝉耻路辫别谤路肠辞苍路迟谤辞濒 noun
  • 耻苍路肠辞苍路迟谤辞濒濒别诲 adjective
  • 耻苍路肠辞苍路迟谤辞濒路濒颈苍驳 adjective
  • 飞别濒濒-肠辞苍路迟谤辞濒濒别诲 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of control1

First recorded in 1425鈥75; late Middle English co(u)ntrollen (verb), from Anglo-French contreroller 鈥渢o keep a duplicate account or roll,鈥 derivative of contrerolle (noun); counter-, roll
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of control1

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

see out of control ; spin control .
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Example Sentences

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The blaze is now under control, but authorities say they are still carrying out rescue operations.

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Lawyers for Harvard argue the government violated the university's constitutional rights and federal funding was being used as "leverage to gain control of academic decision making" on campus.

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Paramount鈥檚 controlling shareholder Shari Redstone has pushed for a settlement to facilitate Paramount鈥檚 sale to the family headed by billionaire tech mogul Larry Ellison.

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For his entire six years in office, the Democrats controlled both chambers of Congress.

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Addressing the National Republican Congressional Committee, Trump suggested the administration might move to wrest control over election procedures, despite the constitutional requirement delegating those powers to the states.

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More About Control

What does control mean?

To control is to dominate or command something or someone, as in Tomas showed excellent control of his hand several weeks after his surgery.

As a noun, control can refer to the act of controlling, as in I can鈥檛 stand it鈥攎y parents have total control over my life!

To control is also to restrain or keep in check, as in Toddlers are not known for control over their emotions.

Control can also refer to keeping something in check. When you keep your emotions under control, you still feel them but you don鈥檛 let them overwhelm you.

To control can also mean to eliminate the spread of something, such as with a fire or an illness.

In statistics, to control for means to compare only like data to reduce the number of variables in the comparison.

Example: Who has control of the lights for tonight鈥檚 show?

Where does control come from?

The first records of the term control come from the 1400s. It ultimately comes from the Anglo-French contreroller, meaning 鈥渢o keep a duplicate roll of.鈥

In the sciences, control takes on another specific definition, meaning 鈥渁 person, object, or group that is kept in a constant, unchanging state throughout the experiment.鈥 In order to test if an independent variable was actually the cause for a change, a control group that doesn鈥檛 have the independent variable is created. This way, the results of both the control group and the testing group can be compared.

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What are some other forms related to control?

  • controllable (adjective, noun)
  • controllability (noun)
  • controllably (adverb)
  • controlled (adjective, verb)

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How is control used in real life?

Control is a common word used to talk about command or restriction in many situations.

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Is control used correctly in the following sentence?

My parents gave me control over my college fund, so now I can withdraw money for tuition.

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What are other ways to say听control?

The noun control means 鈥渄omination or command.鈥 How is control different from authority and influence? Find out on .听

Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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