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What does control mean?
To control is to dominate or command something or someone, as in Tomas showed excellent control of his hand several weeks after his surgery.
As a noun, control can refer to the act of controlling, as in I can’t stand it—my parents have total control over my life!
To control is also to restrain or keep in check, as in Toddlers are not known for control over their emotions.
Control can also refer to keeping something in check. When you keep your emotions under control, you still feel them but you don’t let them overwhelm you.
To control can also mean to eliminate the spread of something, such as with a fire or an illness.
In statistics, to control for means to compare only like data to reduce the number of variables in the comparison.
Example: Who has control of the lights for tonight’s show?
Where does control come from?
The first records of the term control come from the 1400s. It ultimately comes from the Anglo-French contreroller, meaning “to keep a duplicate roll of.”
In the sciences, control takes on another specific definition, meaning “a person, object, or group that is kept in a constant, unchanging state throughout the experiment.” In order to test if an independent variable was actually the cause for a change, a control group that doesn’t have the independent variable is created. This way, the results of both the control group and the testing group can be compared.
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What are some other forms related to control?
- controllable (adjective, noun)
- controllability (noun)
- controllably (adverb)
- controlled (adjective, verb)
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How is control used in real life?
Control is a common word used to talk about command or restriction in many situations.
Guardians of the Galaxy is surprisingly good. Trailers made the game look like pure trash, but they managed to both capture the appeal of the first movie and make a fun game. It’s buggy as heck though and I think the control layout could have been much better.
— Jason (@panzerjedi) December 9, 2021
Roughing the Passer calls are absolutely out of control.
— JJ Watt (@JJWatt) September 25, 2018
My facial hair is getting out of control
— michael clifford on tour (@Michael5SOS) April 5, 2015
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Is control used correctly in the following sentence?
My parents gave me control over my college fund, so now I can withdraw money for tuition.
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What are other ways to say control?
The noun control means “domination or command.” How is control different from authority and influence? Find out on Thesaurus.com.
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controllable, adjectivecontrollability or controllableness, nouncontrollably, adverbWord Origin for control
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Other Idioms and Phrases with control
see out of control; spin control.