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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌsɛlf kənˈtɹoʊl/ [General-American], /ˌsɛlf kənˈtɹəʊl/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-self-control.ogg Forms: self-controls [plural]
Etymology: From self- + control. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|self|control}} self- + control Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} self-control (usually uncountable, plural self-controls)
  1. The ability to control one's desires and impulses. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: self-command, self-discipline, self-mastery, self-regulation Translations (ability to control one's desires and impulses): selfbeheersing (Afrikaans), ἐγκράτεια (enkráteia) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), σωφροσύνη (sōphrosúnē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), özünüidarəetmə (Azerbaijani), самооблада́ние (samoobladánie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), autocontrol [masculine] (Catalan), 自我控制 (zìwǒ kòngzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), 自制力 (zìzhìlì) (Chinese Mandarin), 自我克制 (zìwǒ kèzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), 自制 (zìzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), 自控力 (zìkònglì) (Chinese Mandarin), sebeovládání [neuter] (Czech), selvkontrol [common-gender] (Danish), zelfcontrole [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), memregado (Esperanto), itsehillintä (Finnish), contrôle de soi [masculine] (French), maîtrise de soi [feminine] (French), თავშეკავება (tavšeḳaveba) (Georgian), თვითკონტროლი (tvitḳonṭroli) (Georgian), Selbstbeherrschung [feminine] (German), Selbstkontrolle [feminine] (German), αυτοέλεγχος (aftoélenchos) [masculine] (Greek), önfegyelem (Hungarian), önuralom (Hungarian), autocontrolo (Interlingua), 自制 (jisei) (alt: じせい) (Japanese), 自粛 (jishuku) (alt: じしゅく) (Japanese), セルフコントロール (serufukontorōru) (Japanese), өзін-өзі бақылау (özın-özı baqylau) (Kazakh), 자제 (jaje) (Korean), temperantia [feminine] (Latin), savitvarda [feminine] (Lithuanian), selvkontroll [masculine] (Norwegian), samokontrola [feminine] (Polish), autokontrola [feminine, literary] (Polish), auto-controle [masculine] (Portuguese), autocontrol [neuter] (Romanian), stăpânire de sine [feminine] (Romanian), самооблада́ние (samoobladánije) [neuter] (Russian), самоконтро́ль (samokontrólʹ) [masculine] (Russian), самоконтрола [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), самоконрола [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), самосавлађивање [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), samokontrola [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), samokonrola [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), samosavlađivanje [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), boitshwaro (Sotho), autocontrol [masculine] (Spanish), autodominio [masculine] (Spanish), självbehärskning [common-gender] (Swedish), självkontroll [common-gender] (Swedish), самовлада́ння (samovladánnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), самоконтро́ль (samokontrólʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), sự tự chủ (Vietnamese)
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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˌsɛlf kənˈtɹoʊl/ [General-American], /ˌsɛlf kənˈtɹəʊl/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-self-control.ogg Forms: self-controls [present, singular, third-person], self-controlling [participle, present], self-controlled [participle, past], self-controlled [past]
Etymology: From self- + control. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|self|control}} self- + control Head templates: {{en-verb|self-controls|self-controlling|self-controlled}} self-control (third-person singular simple present self-controls, present participle self-controlling, simple past and past participle self-controlled)
  1. To control oneself or itself. Related terms: count to ten
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          "sense": "ability to control one's desires and impulses",
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          "sense": "ability to control one's desires and impulses",
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          "sense": "ability to control one's desires and impulses",
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          "roman": "zìwǒ kòngzhì",
          "sense": "ability to control one's desires and impulses",
          "word": "自我控制"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zìzhìlì",
          "sense": "ability to control one's desires and impulses",
          "word": "自制力"
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "zìwǒ kèzhì",
          "sense": "ability to control one's desires and impulses",
          "word": "自我克制"
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          "roman": "zìzhì",
          "sense": "ability to control one's desires and impulses",
          "word": "自制"
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          "roman": "zìkònglì",
          "sense": "ability to control one's desires and impulses",
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          "word": "sebeovládání"
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          "sense": "ability to control one's desires and impulses",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "zelfcontrole"
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          "code": "eo",
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          "sense": "ability to control one's desires and impulses",
          "word": "memregado"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "ability to control one's desires and impulses",
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "ability to control one's desires and impulses",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "contrôle de soi"
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          "sense": "ability to control one's desires and impulses",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "maîtrise de soi"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "tavšeḳaveba",
          "sense": "ability to control one's desires and impulses",
          "word": "თავშეკავება"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "tvitḳonṭroli",
          "sense": "ability to control one's desires and impulses",
          "word": "თვითკონტროლი"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "ability to control one's desires and impulses",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "Selbstbeherrschung"
        },
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "ability to control one's desires and impulses",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "Selbstkontrolle"
        },
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "aftoélenchos",
          "sense": "ability to control one's desires and impulses",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "αυτοέλεγχος"
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          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "enkráteia",
          "sense": "ability to control one's desires and impulses",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "ἐγκράτεια"
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          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "sōphrosúnē",
          "sense": "ability to control one's desires and impulses",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "σωφροσύνη"
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          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "ability to control one's desires and impulses",
          "word": "önfegyelem"
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          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "ability to control one's desires and impulses",
          "word": "önuralom"
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          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "ability to control one's desires and impulses",
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          "alt": "じせい",
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          "roman": "jisei",
          "sense": "ability to control one's desires and impulses",
          "word": "自制"
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        {
          "alt": "じしゅく",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "jishuku",
          "sense": "ability to control one's desires and impulses",
          "word": "自粛"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "serufukontorōru",
          "sense": "ability to control one's desires and impulses",
          "word": "セルフコントロール"
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        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "özın-özı baqylau",
          "sense": "ability to control one's desires and impulses",
          "word": "өзін-өзі бақылау"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jaje",
          "sense": "ability to control one's desires and impulses",
          "word": "자제"
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          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "ability to control one's desires and impulses",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "temperantia"
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          "code": "lt",
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          "sense": "ability to control one's desires and impulses",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "savitvarda"
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          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "ability to control one's desires and impulses",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "selvkontroll"
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        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "ability to control one's desires and impulses",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "samokontrola"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "ability to control one's desires and impulses",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "literary"
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          "word": "autokontrola"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "ability to control one's desires and impulses",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "auto-controle"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "ability to control one's desires and impulses",
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            "neuter"
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          "word": "autocontrol"
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        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "ability to control one's desires and impulses",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "stăpânire de sine"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "samoobladánije",
          "sense": "ability to control one's desires and impulses",
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          "word": "самооблада́ние"
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          "roman": "samokontrólʹ",
          "sense": "ability to control one's desires and impulses",
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          "word": "самоконтро́ль"
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          "sense": "ability to control one's desires and impulses",
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      "expansion": "self- + control",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From self- + control.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "self-controls",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "self-controlling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "self-controlled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "self-controlled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "self-controls",
        "2": "self-controlling",
        "3": "self-controlled"
      },
      "expansion": "self-control (third-person singular simple present self-controls, present participle self-controlling, simple past and past participle self-controlled)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "self-control"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "count to ten"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To control oneself or itself."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "control",
          "control"
        ],
        [
          "oneself",
          "oneself"
        ],
        [
          "itself",
          "itself"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌsɛlf kənˈtɹoʊl/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌsɛlf kənˈtɹəʊl/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-self-control.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/99/En-us-self-control.ogg/En-us-self-control.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/En-us-self-control.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "self-control"
}

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