Word Finder - control

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Influence or authority over something.

example

The government has complete control over the situation.

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A separate group or subject in an experiment against which the results are compared where the primary variable is low or non-existent.

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The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.

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Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.

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A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities; a safeguard or countermeasure.

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(project management) A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not going according to plan.

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A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.

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An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box.

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• widget

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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.

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A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an expression in context. See control.

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To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.

example

With a simple remote, he could control the toy truck.

synonyms

• besteer
• bewield
• manage
• puppeteer
• rule

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(construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or more variables are reduced or eliminated.

I have to learn to control myself.

I can't control it yet.

Yully struggled to control it and then surrendered.

A person couldn't be in control all the time - right all the time.

You've gained some valuable experience about how things can get out of control so quickly.

But he had begun talking, and the more he talked the less could he control his words.

Never in her life had she been so attracted to a man – so totally out of control in his presence.

I took a deep breath trying to control myself.

Dictators may think they can control information access and technology.

We had no control over what happened.

A person couldn't avoid fate, but they could control the way they responded to it.

He had no control of his own powers, and he'd not yet been tested in a confrontation with the man who enslaved him.

But we need only penetrate to the essence of any historic event--which lies in the activity of the general mass of men who take part in it--to be convinced that the will of the historic hero does not control the actions of the mass but is itself continually controlled.

She swallowed hard and nodded, struggling to control the strange sense of desire bubbling uncontrolled within her.

If he had simply ignored her, she might have been able to get her emotions under control, but now a sob threatened so convincingly that she was afraid to breathe.

Alex liked being in control, and he had none in this situation.

It was like walking in water and I almost lost my balance but after a few steps, I could control my motion pretty well.

Yully struggled to control the energies into her body, still leery of the invaders.

I can control the hunger.

If women weren't attracted to them, maybe men could control themselves.

You had no control over yourself.

He was in his chair, trying to control his curiosity, but she couldn't let it rest at that.

I knew I was losing control and I should have stopped then.

I'd only need to close one to control their entrance into this world.

She was a proud woman, one who didn't like being out of control.

He caught a glimpse of Rissa through the melee and wrestled the horse for control.

She let up on the accelerator long enough to gain control of the vehicle.

Deidre stopped trying to control her tears.

He'd lost her as soon as he finally won her, all because he couldn't control the spells he still suffered from his years in slavery.

But her mouth took control again.

Why had they allowed themselves to completely lose control?

She could neither control her body's reaction to it nor satiate it.

What would trusting a real mind control expert get him?

He'd managed to control his magic for a while now, but he had to stay calm.

Autocrats can hold power indefinitely if they control the media, the military, business, the money, and information.

She had to regain control.

It wasn't that I didn't know when things started getting out of control.

Anyway, I was doing my best not to let things get out of control.

When he didn't respond, I added, She'll have a hell of a headache but you guys both have some bridges in need of serious damage control.

She couldn't tell if he were doing it on purpose or simply had no control.

It's the same thing you do to change an object into another, only normal objects have far less energy to control.

She tested it as she walked to see how much effort it would take to control.

Yully let the power fill her and mix with the other energies, staving off panic that there was much more than she could ever control.

She dropped to her knees and sobbed, unable to control her pain and fear.

Damian was not one to lose control.

She'd never seen him not in control.

I'm not yet in control of myself.

He felt both spent and wired, his head too full of memories to control.

Seizing control of himself, Two stepped forward and pushed her back, binding her to the table again.

His gaze was unusually intense as he struggled to control his emotions.