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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Noun
Pronunciation: /kənˈtɹəʊl/

Definition 1:
• An influence or authority over something.
Example: The government has complete control over the situation.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: command
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 2:
• The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 3:
• Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 4:
• A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities; a safeguard or countermeasure.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 5:
• A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not going according to plan.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 6:
• A control group or control experiment.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 7:
• A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 8:
• An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: widget
Labels: computing, engineering, graphical-user-interface, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, countable, uncountable

Definition 9:
• 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.
Labels: climatology, natural-sciences, countable, uncountable

Definition 10:
• A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an expression in context. See control.
Labels: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, countable, uncountable

Definition 11:
• A spirit that takes possession of a psychic or medium and allows other spirits to communicate with the living.
Labels: parapsychology, pseudoscience, countable, uncountable

Definition 12:
• A checkpoint along an audax route.
Labels: cycling, hobbies, lifestyle, sports, countable
Verb
Pronunciation: /kənˈtɹəʊl/

Definition 1:
• To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
Example: With a simple remote, he could control the toy truck.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: besteer, bewield, manage, puppeteer, rule, govern
Labels: transitive

Definition 2:
• (construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or more variables are reduced or eliminated.
Labels: mathematics, sciences, statistics, transitive

Definition 3:
• To verify the accuracy of (something or someone, especially a financial account) by comparison with another account.
Labels: archaic, transitive

Definition 4:
• To call to account, to take to task, to challenge.
Labels: obsolete, transitive

Definition 5:
• To hold in check, to curb, to restrain.
Labels: transitive

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/control