noun 1. the fact of keeping someone or something in order or being able to direct them ○ The club is under the control of three shareholders. ○ He lost control of his business and resigned. ○ The teacher has no control over the class. 2. the fact or process of limiting something □ under control limited ○ We try to keep expenses under tight control. □ to bring something under control to reduce or limit something ○ The firemen quickly brought the fire under control. □ out of control not limited or kept in order ○ The car ran down the hill out of control. ○ Our spending has got out of control. ○ The fire started in the roof and quickly got out of control. ○ Football fans got out of control and started breaking windows in the centre of town. ■ verb 1. to keep something in order, to direct or limit something ○ The police couldn’t control the crowds. ○ There was nobody there to control the traffic. ○ We must try to control the sales of foreign cars. ○ The government controls the price of meat. 2. □ to control a business to have the power to direct the way a business is run ○ The business is controlled by a company based in Luxembourg.
con•trol´
n. [F. contrôle a counter register, contr. fr. contr- rôle; contre (L. contra) + rôle roll, catalogue. See Counter and Roll, and cf. Counterroll.]
1. A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register. [Obs.] Johnson.
2. That which serves to check, restrain, or hinder; restraint. ´Speak without control.´ Dryden.
3. Power or authority to check or restrain; restraining or regulating influence; superintendence; government; as children should be under parental control. “The House of Commons should exercise a control over all the departments of the executive administration.
Macaulay.” Board of control. See under Board.
1. A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register. [Obs.] Johnson.
2. That which serves to check, restrain, or hinder; restraint. ´Speak without control.´ Dryden.
3. Power or authority to check or restrain; restraining or regulating influence; superintendence; government; as children should be under parental control. “The House of Commons should exercise a control over all the departments of the executive administration.
Macaulay.” Board of control. See under Board.
con•trol´
v. t. [imp. & p. p. Controlled p. pr. & vb. n. Controlling.] [F. contrôler, fr. contrôle.] [Formerly written comptrol and controul.]
1. To check by a counter register or duplicate account; to prove by counter statements; to confute. [Obs.] “This report was controlled to be false.
Fuller.”
2. To exercise restraining or governing influence over; to check; to counteract; to restrain; to regulate; to govern; to overpower. “Give me a staff of honor for mine age,
But not a scepter to control the world.
Shak.” “I feel my virtue struggling in my soul:
But stronger passion does its power control.
Dryden.” Syn. — To restrain; rule; govern; manage; guide; regulate; hinder; direct; check; curb; counteract; subdue.
1. To check by a counter register or duplicate account; to prove by counter statements; to confute. [Obs.] “This report was controlled to be false.
Fuller.”
2. To exercise restraining or governing influence over; to check; to counteract; to restrain; to regulate; to govern; to overpower. “Give me a staff of honor for mine age,
But not a scepter to control the world.
Shak.” “I feel my virtue struggling in my soul:
But stronger passion does its power control.
Dryden.” Syn. — To restrain; rule; govern; manage; guide; regulate; hinder; direct; check; curb; counteract; subdue.
con•trol´
n. 1. (Mach.) The complete apparatus used to control a mechanism or machine in operation, as a flying machine in flight; specifically (Aëronautics), the mechanism controlling the rudders and ailerons.
2. (Climatology) Any of the physical factors determining the climate of any particular place, as latitude,distribution of land and water, altitude, exposure, prevailing winds, permanent high- or low-barometric-pressure areas ocean currents, mountain barriers, soil, and vegetation.
2. (Climatology) Any of the physical factors determining the climate of any particular place, as latitude,distribution of land and water, altitude, exposure, prevailing winds, permanent high- or low-barometric-pressure areas ocean currents, mountain barriers, soil, and vegetation.
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