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control

transitive verb controlled, controlling

  1. Obsolete to check or verify (payments, accounts, etc.) by comparison with a duplicate register
  2. to regulate (financial affairs)
  3. to verify (an experiment) by comparison with a standard or by other experiments
  4. to exercise authority over; direct; command
  5. to operate or regulate: this knob controls the volume of sound
  6. to hold back; curb; restrain: control your grief

noun

  1. the act or fact of controlling; power to direct or regulate; ability to use effectively: her control over her passions, the violinist's control of his vibrato
  2. the condition of being directed or restrained; restraint: the car went out of control
  3. a means of controlling; check: wage and price controls
  4. 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
    1. an instrument or apparatus to regulate a mechanism: usually used in pl.
    2. a device used to adjust or control: the volume control on an amplifier
  5. a spirit supposed to direct the actions and speech of a spiritualistic medium

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