control

[ kuhn-trohl ]

/ kənˈtroʊl /

verb (used with object), con·trolled, con·trol·ling.

to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.

to hold in check; curb: to control a horse; to control one's emotions.

to test or verify (a scientific experiment) by a parallel experiment or other standard of comparison.

to eliminate or prevent the flourishing or spread of: to control a forest fire.

Obsolete. to check or regulate (transactions), originally by means of a duplicate register.

noun

the act or power of controlling; regulation; domination or command: Who's in control here?

the situation of being under the regulation, domination, or command of another: The car is out of control.

check or restraint: Her anger is under control.

a legal or official means of regulation or restraint: to institute wage and price controls.

Statistics. control variable(def 1).

a person who acts as a check; controller.

a device for regulating and guiding a machine, as a motor or airplane.

controls, a coordinated arrangement of such devices.

prevention of the flourishing or spread of something undesirable: rodent control.

Baseball. the ability of a pitcher to throw the ball into the strike zone consistently: The rookie pitcher has great power but no control.

Philately. any device printed on a postage or revenue stamp to authenticate it as a government issue or to identify it for bookkeeping purposes.

a spiritual agency believed to assist a medium at a séance.

the supervisor to whom an espionage agent reports when in the field.

Verb Phrases

control for, Statistics. to account for (variables in an analysis) by limiting the data under consideration to a comparison of like things: to control for demographic factors.

Nearby words

contrite, contrition, contrivance, contrive, contrived, control, control account, control board, control center, control character, control chart

Origin of control

1425–75; late Middle English co(u)ntrollen (v.) < Anglo-French contreroller to keep a duplicate account or roll, derivative of contrerolle (noun). See counter-, roll

SYNONYMS FOR control

1 manage, govern, rule.

2 restrain, bridle, constrain.

6 management, government, reign, rule, mastery.

Related forms

con·trol·la·ble, adjective, nouncon·trol·la·bil·i·ty, con·trol·la·ble·ness, nouncon·trol·la·bly, adverbcon·trol·less, adjective

con·trol·ling·ly, adverbnon·con·trol·la·ble, adjectivenon·con·trol·la·bly, adverbnon·con·trolled, adjectivenon·con·trol·ling, adjectiveo·ver·con·trol, verb (used with object), o·ver·con·trolled, o·ver·con·trol·ling, nounpre·con·trol, noun, verb (used with object), pre·con·trolled, pre·con·trol·ling.qua·si-con·trolled, adjectivequa·si-con·trol·ling, adjectivesub·con·trol, verb (used with object), sub·con·trolled, sub·con·trol·ling.su·per·con·trol, nounun·con·trolled, adjectiveun·con·trol·ling, adjectivewell-con·trolled, adjective

Synonym study

6. See authority.

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British Dictionary definitions for well-controlled (1 of 2)

well-controlled

adjective (well controlled when postpositive)

regulated, operated, or restrained successfully or strictlywell-controlled research work

British Dictionary definitions for well-controlled (2 of 2)

control

/ (kənˈtrəʊl) /

verb -trols, -trolling or -trolled (tr)

to command, direct, or ruleto control a country

to check, limit, curb, or regulate; restrainto control one's emotions; to control a fire

to regulate or operate (a machine)

to verify (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment in which the variable being investigated is held constant or is compared with a standard

to regulate (financial affairs)
to examine and verify (financial accounts)

to restrict or regulate the authorized supply of (certain substances, such as drugs)

noun

power to direct or determineunder control; out of control

a means of regulation or restraint; curb; checka frontier control

(often plural) a device or mechanism for operating a car, aircraft, etc

a standard of comparison used in a statistical analysis or scientific experiment

a device that regulates the operation of a machine. A dynamic control is one that incorporates a governor so that it responds to the output of the machine it regulates
(as modifier)control panel; control room

spiritualism an agency believed to assist the medium in a séance

Also called: control mark a letter, or letter and number, printed on a sheet of postage stamps, indicating authenticity, date, and series of issue

one of a number of checkpoints on a car rally, orienteering course, etc, where competitors check in and their time, performance, etc, is recorded

Derived Forms

controllable, adjectivecontrollability or controllableness, nouncontrollably, adverb

Word Origin for control

C15: from Old French conteroller to regulate, from contrerolle duplicate register, system of checking, from contre- counter- + rolle roll

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Medicine definitions for well-controlled

control

[ kən-trōl′ ]

v.

To verify or regulate a scientific experiment by conducting a parallel experiment or by comparing with another standard.

To hold in restraint; check.

n.

A standard of comparison for checking or verifying the results of an experiment.

An individual or group used as a standard of comparison in a control experiment.

Science definitions for well-controlled

control

[ kən-trōl′ ]

A standard of comparison for checking or verifying the results of an experiment. In an experiment to test the effectiveness of a new drug, for example, one group of subjects (the control group) receives an inactive substance or placebo , while a comparison group receives the drug being tested.

Idioms and Phrases with well-controlled

control

see out of control; spin control.

control

verb (used with object), con·trolled, con·trol·ling.

noun

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British Dictionary definitions for well-controlled (1 of 2)

well-controlled

adjective (well controlled when postpositive)

British Dictionary definitions for well-controlled (2 of 2)

control

verb -trols, -trolling or -trolled (tr)

noun

Derived Forms

Word Origin for control

Medicine definitions for well-controlled

control

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Science definitions for well-controlled

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