Meaning of control | Babel Free

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1. An influence or authority over something.
   countable, uncountable
2. Something used as a standard of comparison in a scientific experiment. In an experiment to test the effectiveness of a new drug, for instance, the control is an inactive substance (such as a sugar pill) that is given to one group of people, so that their results can be compared with those of a group who actually took the drug. ♦ An experiment designed to test the effects of a single condition or factor on a system is called a control experiment. Only the condition being studied is allo...
3. The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.
   countable, uncountable
4. Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
   countable, uncountable
5. a person or thing that controls. an air-traffic controller. kontroleur مُراقِب،مُدير مُراقَبَه диспечер controlador kontrolor, revizor der Kontrolleur leder; chef; økonomichef; controller ελεγκτήςcontrolador kontrollija, kontroller شخص یا دستگاه کنترلگر johtaja contrôleur/-euse פקח नियंत्रक nadzornik ellenőr pengawas stjórnandi; flugumferðarstjóri controllore 管理者 관제관 kontrolierius, dispečeris kontrolieris; pārraugs; regulators pengawal leiderkontrollør, oppsynsmann, tilsynslederkontroler سړی ...
6. A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities; a safeguard or countermeasure.
   countable, uncountable
7. a building at an airport from which take-off and landing instructions are given. beheertoring بُرْج مُراقَبَه ав. контролна кула torre de controle řídicí/kontrolní věž der Kontrollturm kontroltårn πύργος ελέγχου torre de control lennujuhtimistorn برج مراقبت lennonjohtotorni tour de contrôle מִגְדָל פִּקוּח , מִגְדָל פִּיקוּח नियंत्रण केन्द्र kontrolni toranj irányítótorony menara pengawas flugturn torre di controllo 管制塔 관제탑 dispečerinio valdymo centras dispečeru vadības centrs menara kawalan ...
8. A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not going according to plan.
   countable, uncountable
9. in charge (of). She is very much in control (of the situation). in beheer مُسَيْطِر عَلى уравлявам no controle mít kontrolu/vládu nad unter Kontrolle haben have magt over σε θέση ελέγχου controlar; estar al mando de (millegi eest) vastutav مسئول؛ متصدی hallinnassa maître de בשליטה के द्वारा नियंत्रित upravljati, zapovijedati felelős (vmiért) menguasai hafa tök á, ráða við padrone di ～を掌握して 관리하고 있다 kontroliuojantis, valdantis, vadovaujantis uzraudzīt; vadīt; valdīt mengawal meester van med mak...
10. A control group or control experiment.
    countable, uncountable
11. not under the authority or power of someone. The brakes failed and the car went out of control; Those children are completely out of control (= wild and disobedient). buite beheer خارِج عَن السَّيطَرَه извън контрол descontrolado ne pod kontrolou, vymknout se kontrole nicht zu halten sein ude af kontrol; ikke til at styre εκτός ελέγχου fuera de control, descontrolado, desmandado kontrolli alt väljunud, käest ära خارج از کنترل؛ خودسر hallitsematon fou, déchaîné לָצֵאת מִכּלל שְׁלִיטָה नियंत्रण...
12. A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
    countable, uncountable
13. Keep your dog under control!; Everything's under control now. onder beheer تَحْت السَّيْطَرَه наред sob controle pod kontrolou unter Kontrolle under kontrol υπό έλεγχο bajo control kontrolli all تحت کنترل hallinnassa bien en main תָחַת שְׁלִיטָה ठीक स्थिति držati u vlasti ellenőrzés alatt, kézben (tart) terkendali hafa hemil á sotto controllo 管理下に 통제하다 kontroliuojamas, valdomas, prižiūrimas kontrolējams; vadāms dalam kawalan onder controle under kontroll, styring med pod kontrolą, do opanowan...
14. An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box.
    countable, uncountable
15. To exercise authoritative or dominating influence over; direct: The majority party controls the legislative agenda. See Synonyms at conduct.
16. Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such 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.
    countable, uncountable
17. To adjust to a requirement; regulate: rules that control trading on the stock market; valves that control the flow of water.
18. A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an expression in context. See control.
    countable, uncountable
19. To hold in restraint; check: struggled to control my temper.
20. A spirit that takes possession of a psychic or medium and allows other spirits to communicate with the living.
    countable, uncountable
21. To reduce or prevent the spread of: used a pesticide to control insects; controlled the fire by dousing it with water.
22. A checkpoint along an audax route.
    countable

Equivalents

Examples

“The government has complete control over the situation.”

“She had no control of her body as she tumbled downhill. She did not know up from down. It was not unlike being cartwheeled in a relentlessly crashing wave.”

“The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […], or offering services that let you[…] "share the things you love with the world" and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention.”

““The entries in the control accounts reflect respectively the effect of the transactions on the value of Korrinna company’s receivables (sales ledger control account) and payables (purchase ledger control account.””

“"Make sure you enter the total of any credit balances in the sales ledger into the Sales Ledger Control Account and the total of any debit balances in the purchase ledger into the Purchase Ledger Control Account."”

““Wages Control Account: This account records wage transactions in aggregate. Postings are made from wage analysis sheet. This account is debited with gross wages (paid and accrued) and is closed by transfer of direct wages to work-in-progress and indirect wages to factory, administration and selling and distribution overheads control accounts as illustrated below:””

“"Ah, who are they? I wonder. Guides, controls, psychic entities of some kind. Who the agents of vengeance - or I should say justice - are, is really not essential."”

“[…] the self-acknowledged stereotype of the audaxer as a socially awkward middle-aged man, […] carefully avoiding eye contact as a volunteer serves him his cup of tea and plate of baked beans in one of the draughty village halls that typically host audax controls.”

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