ALL meanings of control
con·trol
C c - uncountable noun control Control of an organization, place, or system is the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run. 3
- uncountable noun control If you have control of something or someone, you are able to make them do what you want them to do. 3
- uncountable noun control If you show control, you prevent yourself behaving in an angry or emotional way. 3
- verb control The people who control an organization or place have the power to take all the important decisions about the way that it is run. 3
- verb control To control a piece of equipment, process, or system means to make it work in the way that you want it to work. 3
- verb control When a government controls prices, wages, or the activity of a particular group, it uses its power to restrict them. 3
- verb control Control is also a noun. 3
- verb control If you control yourself, or if you control your feelings, voice, or expression, you make yourself behave calmly even though you are feeling angry, excited, or upset. 3
- verb control To control something dangerous means to prevent it from becoming worse or from spreading. 3
- countable noun control A control is a device such as a switch or lever which you use in order to operate a machine or other piece of equipment. 3
- variable noun control Controls are the methods that a government uses to restrict increases, for example in prices, wages, or weapons. 3
- variable noun control Control is used to refer to a place where your documents or luggage are officially checked when you enter a foreign country. 3
- verb control to command, direct, or rule 3
- verb control to check, limit, curb, or regulate; restrain 3
- verb control to regulate or operate (a machine) 3
- verb control 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 3
- verb control to regulate (financial affairs) 3
- verb control to examine and verify (financial accounts) 3
- verb control to restrict or regulate the authorized supply of (certain substances, such as drugs) 3
- noun control power to direct or determine 3
- noun control a means of regulation or restraint; curb; check 3
- noun control a device or mechanism for operating a car, aircraft, etc 3
- noun control a standard of comparison used in a statistical analysis or scientific experiment 3
- noun control 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 3
- noun control (as modifier) 3
- noun control an agency believed to assist the medium in a séance 3
- noun control a letter, or letter and number, printed on a sheet of postage stamps, indicating authenticity, date, and series of issue 3
- noun control one of a number of checkpoints on a car rally, orienteering course, etc, where competitors check in and their time, performance, etc, is recorded 3
- verb transitive control to check or verify (payments, accounts, etc.) by comparison with a duplicate register 3
- verb transitive control to verify (an experiment) by comparison with a standard or by other experiments 3
- verb transitive control to exercise authority over; direct; command 3
- verb transitive control to operate or regulate 3
- verb transitive control to hold back; curb; restrain 3
- noun control the act or fact of controlling; power to direct or regulate; ability to use effectively 3
- noun control the condition of being directed or restrained; restraint 3
- noun control a means of controlling; check 3
- noun control a standard of comparison for verifying or checking the findings of an experiment; specif., such a standard obtained by withholding the substance, treatment, drug, etc. being tested 3
- noun control an instrument or apparatus to regulate a mechanism 3
- noun control a device used to adjust or control 3
- noun control a spirit supposed to direct the actions and speech of a spiritualistic medium 3
- verb control If you control financial affairs, you regulate them. 3
- verb control If you control financial accounts, you examine them and check that they are correct. 3
- noun control Control of a machine or process is designing it so that it behaves in a particular way, by continually measuring the output and changing the input in response. 3
- noun control A control is a device that regulates how a machine operates. 3
- verb with object control Obsolete. to check or regulate (transactions), originally by means of a duplicate register. 1
- noun control the act or power of controlling; regulation; domination or command: Who's in control here? 1
- noun control the situation of being under the regulation, domination, or command of another: The car is out of control. 1
- noun control check or restraint: Her anger is under control. 1
- noun control a legal or official means of regulation or restraint: to institute wage and price controls. 1
- noun control Statistics. control variable (def 1). 1