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| Shopping | The largest selection of CONTROL products: USA, UK, Canada, Deutschland, France. |
| TV Shop | As seen on TV: beauty, diets, exercise, household, kitchen, personal, vitamins, and other popular TV-products. |
| Sounds | kahntrow'l |
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| Rhymes | amphibole, bankroll, bole / Bole, and 69 more rhymes in owl... |
| Meaning | Power to direct or determine. |
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| Examples | "under control" |
| Broader | power, powerfulness |
| Narrower | authority, authorization, authorisation, potency, dominance, say-so; hold; iron fist; rein |
| Verbs | control |
| Meaning | A relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another. |
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| Examples | "measures for the control of disease"; "they instituted controls over drinking on campus" |
| Broader | relation |
| Meaning | (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc. |
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| Examples | "the timing and control of his movements were unimpaired"; "he had lost control of his sphincters" |
| Category | physiology |
| Broader | bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity |
| Narrower | motor control |
| Verbs | control |
| Meaning | A standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment. |
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| Examples | "the control condition was inappropriate for the conclusions he wished to draw" |
| Synonyms | control condition |
| Part of | experiment, experimentation |
| Broader | criterion, standard |
| Verbs | control |
| Meaning | The activity of managing or exerting control over something. |
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| Examples | "the control of the mob by the police was admirable" |
| Broader | activity |
| Narrower | repression; crowd control; damage control; federalization, federalisation; flight control; flood control; imperialism; regulation, regulating; internal control; regulation, regularization, regularisation; possession, ownership; possession; power trip; riot control, riot control operation; grasping, taking hold, seizing, prehension; steering, steerage; steering, guidance, direction; self-denial, self-discipline, self-control; traffic control; price-fixing; restraint |
| Verbs | control |
| Meaning | The state that exists when one person or group has power over another. |
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| Synonyms | dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency |
| Broader | condition, status |
| Narrower | ascendant, ascendent; domination, mastery, supremacy; predominance, predomination, prepotency; dominion, rule; regulation; absolutism, tyranny, despotism; monopoly |
| Meaning | Discipline in personal and social activities. |
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| Examples | "she never lost control of herself" |
| Synonyms | restraint |
| Contrary | unrestraint |
| Broader | discipline |
| Narrower | self-restraint, temperateness; temperance, moderation; inhibition; continence |
| Meaning | Great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity. |
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| Synonyms | command, mastery |
| Broader | skillfulness |
| Verbs | control; control |
| Meaning | The economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc. |
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| Examples | "they wanted to repeal all the legislation that imposed economic controls" |
| Broader | economic policy |
| Narrower | price control; ceiling, cap; floor, base |
| Meaning | A mechanism that controls the operation of a machine. |
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| Examples | "the speed controller on his turntable was not working properly"; "I turned the controls over to her" |
| Synonyms | controller |
| Broader | mechanism |
| Narrower | cruise control; dial; disk controller; governor, regulator; handwheel; joystick; regulator; switch, electric switch, electrical switch; valve |
| Verbs | control |
| Meaning | A spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance. |
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| Broader | spirit, disembodied spirit |
| Meaning | Exercise authoritative control or power over. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "control the budget" |
| Synonyms | command |
| Narrower | preoccupy; steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise; steer; hold one's own; manage, deal, care, handle; internationalize, internationalise; hold; hold sway; govern; regiment; monopolize, monopolise; harness, rein in, draw rein, rein; corner; preside; dominate, master; charm, becharm; govern, rule; call the shots, call the tune, wear the trousers |
| Nouns | controller; control |
| Meaning | Lessen the intensity of. Temper. Hold in restraint. Hold or keep within limits. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "control your anger" |
| Synonyms | hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate |
| Broader | restrain, suppress, keep, keep back, hold back |
| Narrower | restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle; suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb; damp; mortify, subdue, cricify; deny, abnegate; restrict; train; catch; bate; thermostat; countercheck, counteract |
| Nouns | control |
| Meaning | Handle and cause to function. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "control the lever" |
| Synonyms | operate |
| Similar to | master, control |
| Broader | manipulate |
| Narrower | synchronize, synchronise; dial; turn; submarine; treadle; relay; gate; pedal; drive; fly, aviate, pilot |
| Nouns | control; control |
| Meaning | Control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually to one's advantage. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Examples | "She is a very controlling mother and doesn't let her children grow up" |
| Synonyms | manipulate, keep in line |
| Broader | interact |
| Narrower | tease; handle; ingratiate |
| Nouns | controller; control |
| Meaning | Verify or regulate by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard, of scientific experiments. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "Are you controlling for the temperature?" |
| Synonyms | verify |
| Similar to | see, check, insure, see to it, ensure, control, ascertain, assure |
| Broader | test, prove, try, try out, examine, essay |
| Meaning | Verify by using a duplicate register for comparison. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "control an account" |
| Broader | see, check, insure, see to it, ensure, control, ascertain, assure |
| Nouns | control; controller |
| Meaning | Be careful or certain to do something. Make certain of something. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
| Examples | "control the quality of the product" |
| Synonyms | see, check, insure, see to it, ensure, ascertain, assure |
| Similar to | check, check off, mark, mark off, tick off, tick; check; determine, check, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learn; control, verify |
| Broader | verify |
| Narrower | proofread, proof; control; double-check; cross-check; cinch; card; spot-check; cover |
| Meaning | Have a firm understanding or knowledge of. Be on top of. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "Do you control these data?" |
| Synonyms | master |
| Similar to | operate, control |
| Broader | know |
| Narrower | cinch |
| Entails | understand |
| Nouns | control |
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