Control can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
Verb |
||
| control - exercise authoritative control or power over; "control the budget"; "Command the military forces" | ||
| control - lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger" | ||
| control - verify by using a duplicate register for comparison; "control an account" | ||
| control - check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard; "Are you controlling for the temperature?" | ||
| control - handle and cause to function; "do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol"; "control the lever" | ||
| control - be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something; "He verified that the valves were closed"; "See that the curtains are closed"; "control the quality of the product" | ||
| control - control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually to one's advantage; "She manipulates her boss"; "She is a very controlling mother and doesn't let her children grow up"; "The teacher knew how to keep the class in line"; "she keeps in line" | ||
| control - have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of; "Do you control these data?" | ||
Noun |
||
| control - the activity of managing or exerting control over something; "the control of the mob by the police was admirable" | ||
| control - a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine; "the speed controller on his turntable was not working properly"; "I turned the controls over to her" | ||
| control - power to direct or determine; "under control" | ||
| control - (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc; "the timing and control of his movements were unimpaired"; "he had lost control of his sphincters" | ||
| control - the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.; "they wanted to repeal all the legislation that imposed economic controls" | ||
| control - a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance | ||
| control - a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another; "measures for the control of disease"; "they instituted controls over drinking on campus" | ||
| control - the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her" | ||
| control - discipline in personal and social activities; "he was a model of polite restraint"; "she never lost control of herself" | ||
| control - a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment; "the control condition was inappropriate for the conclusions he wished to draw" | ||
| control - great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity; "a good command of French" |
| # | Sentence | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | noun | The control of the mob by the police was admirable. | |
| 2. | noun | Under control. | |
| 3. | noun | The timing and control of his movements were unimpaired. | |
| 4. | noun | He had lost control of his sphincters. | |
| 5. | noun | Measures for the control of disease. | |
| 6. | noun | She never lost control of herself. | |
| 7. | noun | The control condition was inappropriate for the conclusions he wished to draw. | |
| 8. | noun | They would thereby gain control of a major base for terrorist operations, which is also a nuclear power. | |
| 9. | noun | Hiller asked, inquiring about Gen. Pervaiz Musharraf, who seized control of the country October 12. | |
| 10. | noun | Whereas Saddam Hussein's dictatorship ensured that such populist currents were kept firmly under control, they are now free to organize. | |
| 11. | noun | According to former Indian army general A S Kalkat, the difficulty for Kumaratunga's government lay in the fact that the LTTE had become a de jure power in the north and east of the island and was running every aspect of civil administration in the areas within its control. | |
| 12. | noun | The U.S. State Department and the misnamed think tanks that follow its lead have held numerous conferences on Kashmir and, in most of them, the solution that has emerged is a valley prized loose from Indian control and under its own version of Ibrahim Rugova. | |
| 13. | noun | The Taliban control of Afghanistan and the civil war there had nothing to do with Israel. | |
| 14. | noun | There was lax control over the distribution of the Ames strain that was used, especially in light of the fact that transfers were not even required to be recorded prior to 1997. | |
| 15. | noun | I spoke to Mark Taylor about your signing authority, and he agrees that you do not have the authority to execute documents on your own, but as long as you are only co-signing documents signed by an authorized officer as a control measure we're OK. | |
| 16. | verb | Control the budget. | |
| 17. | verb | Control your anger. | |
| 18. | verb | Control an account. | |
| 19. | verb | Control the lever. | |
| 20. | verb | Control the quality of the product. | |
| 21. | verb | Do you control these data? | |
| 22. | verb | They wanted to brainwash them and control them.'' | |
| 23. | verb | Also, I'm quite clear on the fact that those in power now (and, in general, most anyone at the top of a pyrimidal power structure) tend to use the dominant religion as a cloak to hide their true motivations and as a tool to control the masses. | |
| 24. | verb | Goal is to (politely?) refute Loretta Lynch's and Carl Woods' continued assertions that 1) California's move to deregulate was based solely on ideology with no basis in fact and 2) the solution is to turn back the clock to command-and-control regulation. | |
| 25. | verb | Country has an Independent strategy = NASA & company to use "Numero Uno" strategy, try to assert, beat, mesh and control the space program of the country. | |
| 26. | verb | Number of companies that control the US voting technology market. | |
| 27. | verb | Anything smaller you will grow out, anything bigger will be too big and difficult to control and manage, especially when riding. | |
| 28. | verb | You must control yourself. | |
| 29. | verb | I would like to stress that it is more convenient to control tariffs as a bloc rather than country by country. | |
| 30. | verb | When it comes to sweets, I just can't control myself. |
| Sentence | |
|---|---|
| noun | |
| The control of the mob by the police was admirable. |
|
| Under control. |
|
| The timing and control of his movements were unimpaired. |
|
| He had lost control of his sphincters. |
|
| Measures for the control of disease. |
|
| She never lost control of herself. |
|
| The control condition was inappropriate for the conclusions he wished to draw. |
|
| They would thereby gain control of a major base for terrorist operations, which is also a nuclear power. |
|
| Hiller asked, inquiring about Gen. Pervaiz Musharraf, who seized control of the country October 12. |
|
| Whereas Saddam Hussein's dictatorship ensured that such populist currents were kept firmly under control, they are now free to organize. |
|
| According to former Indian army general A S Kalkat, the difficulty for Kumaratunga's government lay in the fact that the LTTE had become a de jure power in the north and east of the island and was running every aspect of civil administration in the areas within its control. |
|
| The U.S. State Department and the misnamed think tanks that follow its lead have held numerous conferences on Kashmir and, in most of them, the solution that has emerged is a valley prized loose from Indian control and under its own version of Ibrahim Rugova. |
|
| The Taliban control of Afghanistan and the civil war there had nothing to do with Israel. |
|
| There was lax control over the distribution of the Ames strain that was used, especially in light of the fact that transfers were not even required to be recorded prior to 1997. |
|
| I spoke to Mark Taylor about your signing authority, and he agrees that you do not have the authority to execute documents on your own, but as long as you are only co-signing documents signed by an authorized officer as a control measure we're OK. |
|
| verb | |
| Control the budget. |
|
| Control your anger. |
|
| Control an account. |
|
| Control the lever. |
|
| Control the quality of the product. |
|
| Do you control these data? |
|
| They wanted to brainwash them and control them.'' |
|
| Also, I'm quite clear on the fact that those in power now (and, in general, most anyone at the top of a pyrimidal power structure) tend to use the dominant religion as a cloak to hide their true motivations and as a tool to control the masses. |
|
| Goal is to (politely?) refute Loretta Lynch's and Carl Woods' continued assertions that 1) California's move to deregulate was based solely on ideology with no basis in fact and 2) the solution is to turn back the clock to command-and-control regulation. |
|
| Country has an Independent strategy = NASA & company to use "Numero Uno" strategy, try to assert, beat, mesh and control the space program of the country. |
|
| Number of companies that control the US voting technology market. |
|
| Anything smaller you will grow out, anything bigger will be too big and difficult to control and manage, especially when riding. |
|
| You must control yourself. | |
| I would like to stress that it is more convenient to control tariffs as a bloc rather than country by country. | |
| When it comes to sweets, I just can't control myself. | |