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    con·trol
    [kənˈtrōl]
    noun
    control (noun) · controls (plural noun)
    1. the power to influence or direct people's behavior or the course of events:
      "the whole operation is under the control of a production manager" · "the situation was slipping out of her control"
      • the ability to manage a machine, vehicle, or other moving object:
        "he lost control of his car" · "improve your ball control"
      • the restriction of an activity, tendency, or phenomenon:
        "pest control"
      • the power to restrain something, especially one's own emotions or actions:
        "give children time to get control of their emotions"
      • (controls)
        a means of limiting or regulating something:
        "growing controls on local spending"
      • a switch or other device by which a machine is regulated:
        "the volume control"
      • the place where a particular item is verified:
        "passport control"
      • the base from which a system or activity is directed:
        "communications could be established with central control" · "mission control"
      • computing
        short for control key.
        "note that Control plus various keys on the numeric keypad will move you around the text"
    2. a group or individual used as a standard of comparison for checking the results of a survey or experiment:
      "they saw no difference between the cancer patients and the controls"
    3. a member of an intelligence organization who personally directs the activities of a spy:
      "he sat with his KGB control as the details of his new assignment were explained"
    4. bridge
      a high card that will prevent the opponents from establishing a particular suit:
      "he has controls in both minor suits"
    verb
    control (verb) · controls (third person present) · controlled (past tense) · controlled (past participle) · controlling (present participle)
    1. determine the behavior or supervise the running of:
      "he was appointed to control the company's marketing strategy"
      • maintain influence or authority over:
        "you shouldn't have dogs if you can't control them"
      • limit the level, intensity, or numbers of:
        "he had to control his temper"
      • (control oneself)
        remain calm and reasonable despite provocation:
        "he made an effort to control himself"
      • regulate (a mechanical or scientific process):
        "the airflow is controlled by a fan"
    2. (control for)
      take into account (an extraneous factor that might affect results) when performing an experiment:
      "no attempt was made to control for variations"
      • check; verify.
    Origin
    late Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘check or verify accounts’, especially by referring to a duplicate register): from Anglo-Norman French contreroller ‘keep a copy of a roll of accounts’, from medieval Latin contrarotulare, from contrarotulus ‘copy of a roll’, from contra- ‘against’ + rotulus ‘a roll’. The noun is perhaps via French contrôle.
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    verb
    1. determine the behavior or supervise the running of:
      be in charge of
      be in control of
      preside over
      have authority over
      reign over
      hold sway over
      be at the helm
      be the boss
      call the tune
      be in the driving seat
      be in the saddle
      have someone/something in the palm of one's hand
      have someone in one's hip pocket
     
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