control
1con·trol
verb \kən-ˈtrōl\con·trolledcon·trol·ling
Definition of CONTROL
transitive verb
1
a archaic : to check, test, or verify by evidence or experiments b : to incorporate suitable controls in <a controlled experiment>
2
intransitive verb
: to incorporate controls in an experiment or study —used with for <control for socioeconomic differences>
— con·trol·la·bil·i·ty \-ˌtrō-lə-ˈbi-lə-tē\ noun
— con·trol·la·ble \-ˈtrō-lə-bəl\ adjective
— con·trol·ment \-ˈtrōl-mənt\ noun
See Examples of CONTROL
- The parents could not control their child.
- The police controlled the crowd.
- The small boy could not control the big dog.
- Her family controls the business.
- One country controls the whole island.
- The rebel army now controls nearly half the country.
- The lights on stage are controlled by this computer.
- She struggled to control the cart as it rolled before her down the steep, bumpy road.
- He controlled the volume by turning the radio's knob.
- A thermostat controls the room's temperature.
Origin of CONTROL
Middle English countrollen, from Anglo-French contrerouler, from contreroule copy of an account, audit, from Medieval Latin contrarotulus, from Latin contra- + Medieval Latin rotulus roll — more at roll
First Known Use: 15th century
Related to CONTROL
Synonyms: bridle, check, constrain, contain, curb, govern, hold, inhibit, keep, measure, pull in, regulate, rein (in), restrain, rule, tame
Antonyms: lose
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Rhymes with CONTROL
airhole, armhole, atoll, bankroll, beadroll, bedroll, black hole, blackpoll, blowhole, borehole, bunghole, cajole, catchpole, charcoal, chuckhole, condole, console, creole, Creole, dipole, drumroll, dry hole, Dutch roll, egg roll, enroll, ensoul, extol, eyehole, field goal, fishbowl, flagpole, foxhole, funk hole, hard coal, half sole, heart-whole, hellhole, Huichol, inscroll, insole, in whole, keyhole, kneehole, knothole, leaf roll, logroll, loophole, manhole, maypole, midsole, Mongol, outsole, parole, patrol, payroll, peephole, pesthole, pinhole, pistole, pitchpole, porthole, posthole, pothole, redpoll, ridgepole, Sheol, shot hole, sinkhole, ski pole, slipsole, snap roll, sotol, sound hole, spring roll, tadpole, taphole, thumbhole, top-hole, touchhole, unroll, washbowl, weep hole, white hole, wormhole
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