control
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English
Etymology
From Middle English conterrolle < Old French contrerole < Medieval Latin contrarotulum (“a counter-roll or register used to verify accounts”) < Latin contra (“against, opposite”) + Medieval Latin rotulus, Latin rotula (“roll, a little wheel”), diminutive of rota (“a wheel”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA: /kənˈt(ʃ)roʊl/, SAMPA: /k@n"t(S)roUl/
- (UK) IPA: /kənˈtrəʊl/, SAMPA: /k@n"tr@Ul/
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Verb
to control (third-person singular simple present controls, present participle controlling, simple past and past participle controlled)
- To exercise influence over, to suggest or dictate the behavior of, oversit.
- With a simple remote, he could control the toy truck.
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Noun
control (plural controls)
- Influence or authority over.
- The government has complete control over the situation.
- A separate group or subject in an experiment against which the results are compared where the primary variable is low or nonexistence.
- The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.
- A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities, synonymous with safeguard and counter-measure.
- restraint or ability to contain one's emotions, or self-control.
- (graphical user interface) An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box.
Synonyms
- (GUI): widget
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Translations
authority
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External links
- control in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- control in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- Control on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Control in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
Spanish
Noun
control m. (plural controles)
- Control, or running of a business
- Control of a machine. mando
- Control or emotional restraint. self-control
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