"control" meaning in All languages combined

See control on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /kənˈtrəʊl/ [UK], /kənˈt(ʃ)roʊl/ [US] Audio: en-us-control.ogg [US] Forms: control [singular], controls [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you have control over someone or something, you can make it do what you want. Synonyms: power
    Sense id: simple-control-en-noun-V054bKva
  2. A control is a button, switch, dial, etc. that lets you make a machine do what you want.
    Sense id: simple-control-en-noun-pHRobByY

Verb [English]

IPA: /kənˈtrəʊl/ [UK], /kənˈt(ʃ)roʊl/ [US] Audio: en-us-control.ogg [US] Forms: control [canonical], controls [third-person, singular], controlled [past], controlled [past, participle], controlling [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|control|l}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you control something, you make it do what you want. Synonyms: limit, check, monitor
    Sense id: simple-control-en-verb-CGrNjJNA
  2. If you control something, you do not let its numbers or size grow too much. Synonyms: limit, check, monitor
    Sense id: simple-control-en-verb-pqsUZ6rT
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          "text": "He should try to take control and tell the other handlers what to do."
        },
        {
          "text": "driving in the rain, he had lost control on the wet surface and spun off the road."
        },
        {
          "text": "The country fell under the direct control of the army."
        },
        {
          "text": "They are trying to keep tighter control over spending."
        },
        {
          "text": "The government will demand improved pollution control systems for all factories."
        },
        {
          "text": "Most companies devote some resources to quality control and product testing."
        },
        {
          "text": "Unless birth control methods are used, sooner or later the woman is likely to get pregnant."
        },
        {
          "text": "The continuing Soviet desire for arms control led to a SALT II treaty."
        },
        {
          "text": "The brain's control systems tend to decline with age so that, for instance, our balance gets less good."
        },
        {
          "text": "The experimental group took the medicine while the control group took a sugar pill."
        },
        {
          "text": "Suddenly the airplane went out of control and started diving."
        }
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        {
          "text": "If you turn off your TV with the remote control, it continues to use a quarter of normal power."
        },
        {
          "text": "She touched the volume control and the sound dropped."
        }
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      "ipa": "/kənˈt(ʃ)roʊl/",
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          "text": "The new plan should control inflation."
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        },
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          "text": "The country fell under the direct control of the army."
        },
        {
          "text": "They are trying to keep tighter control over spending."
        },
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          "text": "The government will demand improved pollution control systems for all factories."
        },
        {
          "text": "Most companies devote some resources to quality control and product testing."
        },
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          "text": "Unless birth control methods are used, sooner or later the woman is likely to get pregnant."
        },
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          "text": "The continuing Soviet desire for arms control led to a SALT II treaty."
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          "text": "The experimental group took the medicine while the control group took a sugar pill."
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          "text": "Suddenly the airplane went out of control and started diving."
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          "text": "If you turn off your TV with the remote control, it continues to use a quarter of normal power."
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