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单词 control
释义
control1 nouncontrol2 verb
controlcon‧trol1 /kənˈtrəʊl $ -ˈtroʊl/ ●●● S1 W1 noun Entry menu
MENU FOR controlcontrol1 make somebody/something do what you want2 power3 way of limiting something4 ability to stay calm5 machine/vehicle6 people who organize an activity7 scientific test8 computer
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Croatian rebels battled for control of Vukovar.
  • Few people have better ball control than Jordan.
  • Heads of department can make some decisions, but the chairman has overall control within the company.
  • price controls
  • Reynolds struggled for control as he told how much Dinah meant to him.
  • She hits the ball harder than Sabatini, but lacks her control.
  • Simmons stopped his battle for control of Lockheed.
  • The disease robs you of muscle control.
  • the TV control
  • They seem to have no control over their children.
  • Who has control of the budget?
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Birth Control Pills and Headache Headaches may rarely occur as a side effect of birth control pills.
  • Helen, ruffled but in control, hurried into the car.
  • Others suggested that because of its rigid op-position to birth control, the Church had forfeited its credibility in the reproductive debate.
  • The building will include an auction hall, valeting and inspection areas, a wash bay and entry control.
  • The major area of cooperation is infrastructure, mainly pollution and flood control.
  • The researchers showed cancer develops when the function of oncogenes is disturbed and cells grow without control, the Karolinska Institute said.
  • The truth is, they are as much outside the control of our destiny as we are.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorto control people or to control what happens
to make things happen or make people behave in the way that you want, by using your authority, skill, money etc: · Miss Weston is having difficulty controlling the children in that class.· The area is now controlled by rebels.· The head of department controls the budget.· Oloco is a huge company, controlling over half the world's oil trade.
the ability or power to make things happen or make people behave in the way that you want: have control: · Heads of department can make some decisions, but the chairman has overall control within the company.control over: · They seem to have no control over their children.control of: · Who has control of the budget?
to control a situation, organization, country etc - use this especially about someone who got their power by using force or by clever planning, but not by being elected: · The President has been arrested, and the rebel forces are now in control.be in control of: · Mr Howard questioned whether the police were still in control of the situation.
spoken used to say that someone has the power to make all the decisions and tell other people what to do: · Mrs Earnshaw is in charge, and what she says, goes.
informal to control a situation so that everyone else has to do what you say, agree with you etc: · It's definitely my mother who calls the shots in my family.· It's always been our policy that the customer should call the tune.
British /be in the driver's seat American informal to have more power than anyone else in a particular organization or situation, so that you control everything: · The Conservatives say they are looking forward to the election, and are confident that they will soon be back in the driving seat.be firmly in the driving seat: · This is how the government is now made up, with the Socialists firmly in the driving seat.
if you say someone is the boss within a family or group, you mean they have the most power over the other people in it: · You'd better ask Mom -- she's the boss around here.show somebody who's boss (=show them that you are in control): · He gave the dog a slap round the head, just to show him who was boss.
informal to be the person who has most power in a relationship - use this especially to say that the woman in a relationship controls the man: · I think you should talk to Pat - she's the one who wears the trousers in that household.
if you keep people in check , you control their behaviour, especially so that they cannot behave badly; if you keep a situation, especially a bad one, in check , you stop it developing any further: · The court heard that the general was unable to keep his troops in check.· The disease is held in check by weekly injections of a power drug.
to secretly control people or events
to make someone do what you want them to do by cleverly influencing them, especially when they do not realize what you are doing: · He accused the environmentalists of trying to manipulate public opinion in their favour.
to secretly control an organization, country or situation, by controlling the person or group that is officially in charge of it: · There is little doubt now who is pulling the strings behind this government.
to be able to control someone such as a policeman or politician so that they do what you want, for example because you know something bad about them, or you are illegally paying them money or threatening them: · Most drug dealers have a few cops in their pocket.· Jackson got these plans approved very easily - it makes you wonder if he had the local council in his pocket.
to completely control someone's behaviour
to have a very powerful influence on another person and control the way that they behave: · It was obvious that her husband completely dominated her.· a very self-confident man with a dominating manner
someone who is domineering always wants to control what other people do and never considers what they want themselves: · Hattie was struggling to break free from her domineering father.· He's arrogant and domineering and never listens to anyone.· My mother has a very domineering personality.
informal to treat someone very badly by doing whatever you want to do, without caring about what they want or feel: · Why do you let him just walk all over you, have you no pride?· It's important not to let colleagues walk all over you at work.
to be able to control someone because you have some emotional power over them, for example, because you know their secrets or weak points: · He seems to have a very powerful hold over the women in his life.· It's been two years since we divorced, but he still has a hold on me.
to be able to control someone because you have emotional power over them - used especially in literature: · At last she had McAdams in her power!
to completely control the people in a country
to use force to control large groups of people - use this especially about governments and people in authority: · Since colonial times, black people in South Africa have been oppressed by the white minority.· Marxists have studied the role of the family in oppressing women.
oppressive laws or governments control people so tightly that they have very little freedom left: · The country is in the grip of an extremely oppressive regime.· New, oppressive laws were brought in to restrict the freedom of the press.
to control people by not allowing them to use their natural abilities, intelligence, or energy to improve their situation: be kept down: · The population is kept down by poverty and fear of the secret police.keep somebody down: · In Marlowe's opinion, religion was invented in order to keep people down.
to control people: · It's a cruel and vicious regime that represses all opposition.· For years the inhabitants of these islands have been repressed by the colonizers.
to be able to control someone because they like you
to be able to control someone because you have made them like you so much that they will do whatever you want: · I introduced Mr Wilkinson to my mother, and within minutes she had him eating out of her hand.· He's brilliant in job interviews -- he always manages to get the panel eating out of his hand.
to be able to control someone so that they do what you want, especially because they love you and want to make you happy: · Get Rebecca to ask Dad for the money -- she can wrap him round her little finger.· Mary knew she could twist Henry round her little finger.
to completely control a situation
to be the most powerful or important person or thing in a situation and therefore able to control it completely: · Men still tend to dominate the world of law - hardly any top judges are women.· You shouldn't allow your job to dominate your life like that.· A handful of multinational companies dominate the economy.
also monopolise British to completely control an activity, situation etc and unfairly prevent other people or organizations from having any control over it at all: · All night he monopolized the conversation, not letting anyone else get a word in.· The company has monopolized the building market in this area.
a situation in which one person or organization unfairly has complete control: have a monopoly: · It is not good for consumers if one company has a monopoly in any area of trade.monopoly of: · It was not easy to persuade the monarchy to let go of its monopoly of power.monopoly over: · Within a few years, the company had a virtual monopoly over all trade with India.
total power and control over a situation, organization etc - use this especially when you think this is not fair or right: have a stranglehold on something: · For years, two giant recording companies have had a stranglehold on the CD market.break the stranglehold (=to stop someone having complete control): · Satellite TV should at last break the stranglehold of the big national TV channels.
to control a situation completely: · In modern politics, no one political group can expect to have total control.have total/complete control over: · The head of department has complete control over the budget.
if a person or group holds sway , they have the most power or influence over the people in a particular situation, place, or organization: · The old communist party still holds sway in many rural areas.hold sway over: · This all happened long ago, when priests held sway over the majority of the Irish people.
methods, laws etc that are used to control situations or people
: controls on · Within months, most of the wartime controls on trading were abandoned.rigid controls (=strict controls) · Rigid rent controls ensured that no one paid too much for housing.tight controls (=strict controls) · The government is proposing to introduce even tighter controls on immigration.
laws, beliefs, or customs that control an activity or situation, especially by not allowing people to do exactly what they want to do: restraints on: · Every society has its own restraints on moral behaviour.restraints of: · The economy is beginning to grow again after the restraints of the war.impose restraints (=introduce rules in order to control someone or something): · As they grow older, kids begin to rebel against the restraints imposed by their parents.
to be controlled by someone else
· The whole town seems to be under the control of one family.· Almost three thousand troops are under Captain Marsh's control.· Roughly a quarter of the area came under Soviet control.
if you are in someone's power you have to do whatever they want you to do, especially because they have some emotional power over you - used especially in literature: · He'll do whatever I tell him to do. He's completely in my power.
if you are under someone's spell they have almost complete power over how you feel, the way you behave etc especially because you love or admire them very much: · Harry knew that he was in love with Susie, completely under her spell.come/fall under somebody's spell (=start to be under someone's spell): · She loves the company of showbiz personalities, and many have fallen under her spell.
if you are at someone's mercy they have the power to decide whether good or bad things happen to you: · Once in prison, inmates are at the guards' mercy.· Children often find themselves at the mercy of other kids who are older and bigger.to be at the mercy of somebody: · Small firms are completely at the mercy of the banks.
informal someone who lets other people treat them badly and who does not complain or try to change their situation: · Fiona was determined that she would be nobody's doormat.· Make sure he doesn't treat you like a doormat.
to get control of a situation, organization, country etc
to get control of a situation, organization, or place: · He's invested a lot of money in the company since he took control last May.take control of: · Following requests from the police, the army has now taken control of the area.· Anne Williams will take control of the research division on August 5th.
to get control of a situation that is out of control: · The agriculture ministry is struggling to bring the latest outbreak of the disease under control.· Rioting broke out again last night, and police and soldiers are still struggling to bring the situation under control.· Government attempts to bring the drug problem under control have so far failed.
to get control of a situation again after you had lost control of it: · It took several hours for the police to regain control after a demonstration in the city centre turned violent.regain control of: · The extremists have managed to regain control of the party.· At last she seemed to regain control of the situation, and started to speak.
to get control of a company or organization, or become the leader, president etc after someone else: · People are wondering who's going to take over when the old dictator dies.take over something/take something over: · The company was taken over by Sony in 1989.take over from: · She took over from Barton as Managing Director in 1994.
if an army or group seizes power or an area of land, they get control of it by using force to suddenly take political control: · The General has been Head of State since he seized power in 1982.· Rebel soldiers attacked the island, seizing the capital and arresting government officials.
to get political and military control of a country or part of a country, especially during a war: · Rebel forces have taken the northern part of the region.
when you cannot control something
to no longer be able to control a situation, vehicle, group of people etc: · The car skidded on the ice, and I lost control.lose control of: · She felt as if she was losing control of her children.· O'Connor recently lost control of the company he had run for seven years.
a situation that is out of control has got much worse and can no longer be controlled: · The fire was out of control.· Teenage crime was now out of control.get out of control: · It's easy to let spending on credit cards get out of control.
if something, especially a situation, gets out of hand , it gets so serious or difficult that it can no longer be controlled: · The costs have continued to increase, and now seem to be getting out of hand.· Police were called in when the situation began to get out of hand.
a situation or force that is beyond your control is one that you are not able to control, especially if someone else is controlling it or because no one can control it: · Some of the kids there were beyond any teacher's control.circumstances beyond our control (=a situation that we cannot control): · Due to circumstances beyond our control, we have had to cancel tonight's performance of "Carmen'.
to no longer be able to control a situation that you have had difficulty controlling for a long time: · By 1965, US troops in the area were beginning to lose their grip.lose your grip on something: · I was worried that Clive seemed to be losing his grip on things.
increasing or spreading in an unexpected way that cannot be controlled: · Some economists are now predicting the danger of runaway inflation.· They see technology as a runaway force that humans can no longer control.
growing, spreading or continuing very quickly, in a way that is impossible to stop - used especially in literature: · It wasn't military action but rampant disease that finally caused the population to surrender.· Corruption soon became rampant.
to grow or develop in a completely uncontrolled way: · Organized crime has been running wild since the collapse of the old regime.· She allowed her imagination to run wild.
to control the temperature, speed, or amount of something
to make the temperature, speed, or amount of something stay at the level you want: · A valve controls the flow of water into the main tank.· The finance committee controls the club's budget.
to prevent an amount of something from becoming too large: · He's been trying for years to keep his drinking under control.· The administration has certainly succeeded in keeping inflation under control.
to keep the temperature, speed, or amount of something at exactly the right level: · Sweating helps regulate body temperature.· A hand-operated switch is used to regulate the gas flow.
to control machines, equipment, or vehicles
to make a vehicle work: · She's a good driver and controls the car very well.· He was having trouble controlling the heavy truck on the slippery road surface.
formal to control a large or complicated machine or piece of equipment: · Don't worry - everyone will be shown how to operate the new machines.· Do you know how to operate the air conditioning?· They passed a cement mixer that was being operated by two men in dusty overalls.
to make a complicated machine or piece of equipment do what it is meant to do: · Does anyone here know how to work this microwave?· Simon showed me how to work the video player.
if someone is at the controls of a large vehicle or plane, they are driving it, flying it etc: be at the controls of: · The pilot remained at the controls of his plane even when it became clear that a crash was inevitable.· When we were kids we used to sit in a cardboard box, pretending to be at the controls of a spaceship.
to control your feelings
if you control yourself or control your feelings, you continue to behave calmly and sensibly and do not become too angry, excited, or upset: control yourself/himself etc: · She was really annoying me, but I managed to control myself and not say anything.control your temper: · I wish he'd learn to control his temper.
the ability to behave calmly and sensibly and not become too angry, excited, or upset, even when you have a good reason to: · The German team showed amazing self-control throughout the game.
to manage to stay calm and not become angry, especially when someone is trying to make you angry: · I knew they were trying to annoy me but I was determined to keep my temper.· Police officers are expected to keep their tempers whatever people say to them.· It took all her patience just to keep her temper.
the ability to make yourself work hard, take a lot of exercise, not eat the wrong foods etc because you know it is good for you to do so: · I don't know if I've enough self-discipline to work full-time and go to night school.· We try to teach the children self-reliance and self-discipline.
to stop yourself doing or saying something, especially something that might have a harmful result: · I was tempted to stay for another drink, but in the end I restrained myself and went home.restrain yourself from: · So far I have managed to restrain myself from phoning up to complain.
to suddenly start to control yourself after you have been very sad or upset and make yourself feel better again: · You've been in this mood for days now -- I wish you'd snap out of it.· He's so depressed. He doesn't seem able to snap out of it at all.
spoken say this when you want someone to stop behaving in a very emotional way, especially when they are so frightened or upset that they cannot control the way they are behaving: · Come on, calm down, get a grip on yourself.· Occasionally Georgie would find Tommy crying, and he'd tell him to get a grip on himself.
spoken say this when you want someone to stop behaving emotionally, especially when you are a little annoyed or embarrassed at the way they are behaving: · Pull yourself together. It's ridiculous to get upset about such a silly little thing.· His father was not one to hand out sympathy, but would simply tell him to "pull himself together".
unable to control your feelings
to become unable to control your feelings and become very angry or upset: · He made her so angry that she lost control and hit him.
uncontrollable emotions or actions are difficult or impossible to control: · Barbara was shaking with uncontrollable laughter.· At the mention of Hannah's name, he flew into an uncontrollable rage.
especially spoken to feel so excited, interested etc that you cannot control what you are saying or doing: · It's easy to get carried away and buy a lot of things that you don't need.· A few of the younger men got a bit carried away and started dancing on the tables.
especially spoken to be so upset or nervous that you cannot control what you are doing and cannot think sensibly: · I was so nervous in my driving test I just went to pieces.· Keeping busy was the only thing that kept her from going to pieces during the divorce.
to suddenly become very angry or upset, after you have been trying to stop yourself getting angry or upset for a long time: · Leroy finally snapped and attacked his tormentors.· Melanie Smithson, who is accused of murdering her husband, has claimed that she snapped after years of violence and abuse.somebody's patience snaps: · Charlotte's patience suddenly snapped.
if you give in to an emotion such as anger or unhappiness, you can no longer control that emotion: · She was determined not to give in to despair.· Miles struggled not to give in to his feelings of anger and hopelessness.
informal to suddenly get very angry or upset, so that you are no longer able to control what you say or do: · Pete just lost it completely and started shouting and screaming at us.
to deal successfully with a difficult situation
to deal successfully with a fairly difficult but ordinary situation: · "How did you manage while you were unemployed?'' "Luckily, I had some savings.''· I'll be away for a week, do you think you can manage on your own?· Helen was always a difficult child. None of her teachers knew how to manage her.· The seminar discusses typical work-related problems and strategies to manage them.
to succeed in dealing with difficult problems in your life, your job, or your relationships: · It's a tough job but I'm sure he'll cope.cope with: · When I got back from holiday, I had an enormous backlog of work to cope with.cope emotionally/financially/psychologically etc: · The kids were very young and it was difficult to cope financially.cope well/successfully/nicely etc: · People who cope successfully with difficult situations usually look ahead and anticipate the circumstances.
to live through an unhappy or unpleasant time in your life, and deal with the problems that it brings: · Her friends helped her to get through the first awful weeks after Bill died.
to be dealing successfully with a difficult situation at the moment: · The police have the situation under control.be under control: · The flight was very bumpy but the pilot assured us that everything was under control.bring something under control (=start to deal with it successfully): · The disease is spreading so fast that it is going to take years to bring it under control.keep something under control: · During the 1990s low oil prices helped to keep inflation under control.
especially spoken /overcome especially written to deal successfully with a problem so that it no longer exists or is not as bad: · I've always wanted to overcome my fear of spiders.· It's perfectly normal to be a bit nervous. I'm sure you'll get over it once you start your presentation.· The school overcame the problem of funding by getting local firms to sponsor them.
to consider, understand, and deal with a very difficult or important problem or situation: · The residents of the small town are still struggling to come to grips with the tragedy.· Teachers must be prepared to spend time getting to grips with new technology.· No country has really got to grips with the problem of nuclear waste.
to deal successfully with a sudden, unexpected situation or problem by trying especially hard: · We are calling on all our employees to rise to the occasion and become more efficient and productive.· The team rose to the challenge and fought back to produce another goal.rise to the challenge of something: · Naylor was one of those men who rise to the challenge of danger.
to deal with an unexpected or difficult problem calmly and confidently: · Liz seems to be taking the divorce in her stride.· Most kids get teased a bit at school - they have to learn to take it in their stride.· Nigel smiled and took the criticism in his stride.
to deal with a problem or difficult situation, by being able to ignore or forget about it: · Kate rose above all the trouble at home and did well in her classes.· Immigrants to the country were struggling to survive and rise above the poverty that surrounded them.
to drive a car, train, or other vehicle
to drive a car, bus, train etc: · Drive carefully - the roads are very icy.· They drive on the left in the UK.learn to drive: · I'm learning to drive. In fact, I take my test next week.drive a car/bus/truck etc: · We need someone to drive the school bus.· "What car do you drive?" "A Fiat Brava."· Driving a Rolls Royce into a swimming pool was one of the most dangerous stunts Crawford had to perform.
the activity of driving a car or other road vehicle: · Driving in central London is pretty unpleasant.dangerous/reckless/bad/careless driving: · She was arrested for dangerous driving.driving lesson: · I got driving lessons for my 18th birthday.driving offence: · The man was stopped by police for an alleged driving offence.
to drive a vehicle with two wheels, for example a bicycle or motorcycle: · I ride a bicycle to work every day.· Riding a motorcycle is safer than riding a scooter.· After you've been riding a bike all day, you're really glad to reach your campsite.
to control the direction that a vehicle is going in by turning the wheel: · Even the children had a go at steering the boat.· Steer slightly to the right as you enter the bend.steering wheel (=the part of a car that you turn to change direction): · You can adjust the height of the steering wheel.
to be the person who is driving a car, bus etc: · An old Pontiac pulled up, with a young Mexican man at the wheel.· Seymour was glad to be behind the wheel again after his two-year ban.
to be the person who is driving or controlling a large vehicle such as a plane: · The King himself was at the controls when his helicopter landed.· The power boat, with Don at the controls, swept around the bay.be at the controls of: · When I was a child I used to imagine myself at the controls of a fighter plane.
the activity of driving a stolen car very fast and dangerously for excitement: · Joyriding is the most common type of crime among boys under 18.go joyriding: · A group of youths went joyriding in stolen cars, causing three accidents before the police caught them.
to own something
if you own something, especially something big like a house, a car, or a company, it is your property and you have the legal right to have it: · We don't own the apartment, we're just renting it.· Clark owns about 40 companies in northern Europe.· They stayed in a villa once owned by the writer, Somerset Maugham.privately owned (=owned by an individual person, not by a company or government): · In National Parks, although the land is privately owned, there are strict controls on the use of the land.
also have got especially British to own something, especially something that ordinary people are likely to own: · We don't have a T.V.· How many of your students have a computer?· What kind of car has she got?· I've worked hard for everything I've got.
formal to own something - use this especially in negative sentences to say that someone does not own something that most people own: · Very few families in this area possess a telephone.· He never wore a suit - I don't think he possessed one.· Because of his gambling, he lost everything he possessed.
to own a larger part of a company than other people so that you have power to make decisions about that company: · As well as owning Mirror Group Newspapers, the Maxwell Corporation also controlled several other businesses.· The Johnson family has effective control of the company, owning almost 60% of the shares.
to own part of a company because you own a number of the equal parts into which it is divided: · She works for Le Monde, where the staff hold a significant stake in the company. · a situation in which a husband and wife both hold shares in a family company
to own part of a company and therefore be able to have a share in the money it makes: · Labatt beer has a 45% stake in the Blue Jays baseball team.· She has a stake in her husband's company, which she will have to give up if they divorce.
if a person, company, or government has an interest in a business, they own part of that business: interest in: · The bank has interests in several companies, including a 15% share of Morgan's Brewery.controlling interest (=a large enough part of the company or business to give you the power to make decisions about it): · Although the government has made some shares in National Oil Products available, it intends to maintain its controlling interest.
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adjectiveelectronic bill of lading, electronic cottage, nounelectronic data interchange, nounelectronic funds transfer, nounelectronic invoice, electronic mail, nounelectronic media, electronic publishing, nounelectronics, nounelectrosmog, nounEllison, Larry, email, nounemail account, embed, verbencrypt, verbend-to-end, adjectiveenter, verbenterprise application integration, nounentry, nounEPROM, noune-publishing, nounequipment leasing, erase, verbErnie, error, nounerror message, nounescape key, Ethernet, noune-ticket, nounE-ticket, nounexecutable, nounexecute, verbexecution, nounexit, verbexpansion card, nounexpansion slot, nounexpert system, nounexport, verbextension, nounextranet, nouneye scan, nounF2F, adjectivefabricator, nounfactory preset, nounfatware, nounfeed, verbfeed, nounfield, nounfifth generation computer, file, nounfile manager, nounfilename, nounfile sharing, nounfile transfer, filing system, filter, nounfirewall, nounfirmware, nounfirst generation, nounfirst in, first out, nounfirst-person shooter, nounfive nines, nounfixed wireless, nounflash, verbflash, nounflash drive, nounflash memory, nounflatscreen, adjectiveflat screen, flip chip, nounfloor broker, floppy disk, nounfly-by-wire, nounfolder, nounfont, nounfooter, nounfootprint, nounforklift upgrade, nounformat, verbFortran, nounforum, noun404, adjectivefreeware, nounftp, nounfunction, nounfunctionality, nounfunction key, nounfungible, adjectivefuzzy logic, nounGame Boy, gameplay, noungamer, noungaming, noungarbage in, garbage out, Gates, Bill, gateway, nounghost, nounGIF, noungigabit, noungigabyte, nounGIGO, GIS, nounGlitter, Gary, global, adjectiveGLOBEX, nounGMS, nounGoogle, gopher, noungraphical, adjectivegraphical user interface, noungraphics, noungraphics card, noungraphic software, grid computing, noungroupware, nounGUI, nounhack, verbhack, nounhacker, nounhacktivist, nounhandshake, nounhard copy, nounhard disk, nounhard drive, nounhardware, nounhard-wired, adjectiveHawk, Tony, Hawking, Stephen, head, nounheader, nounhelp, nounhelp desk, nounhelp menu, help screen, nounHewlett Packard, hexadecimal, adjectivehigh-definition, adjectivehigh-level, adjectivehigh-level language, highlight, verbhome computer, home office, nounhome shopping, hookup, nounhook-up, nounhost computer, hot key, nounhot link, nounhot spot, nounHTML, nounhttp, hyperlink, nounhypertext, nounIBM, icon, nounICT, nounidentifier, nouniMac, nounimport, verbinbox, nounincremental backup, nounincubator space, industrial design, infect, verbinfected, adjectiveinformation exchange, information retrieval, nouninformation system, information technology, nouninfowar, nouninitialize, verbinkjet printer, nouninput, nouninput, verbinput/output, adjectiveinstall, verbinstaller, nounInstinet, Intel, intelligent terminal, interactive, adjectiveinteractive whiteboard, nouninterface, nouninterface, verbInternational Securities Exchange, nounInternet cafe, nounInternet Service Provider, interpreter, nounintranet, nouninvoke, verbIP address, nouniPod, nouniris scan, nounISDN, nounISP, nounIT, nouniterate, verbiTunes, iTV, nounJava, nounjob, nounjob bank, Jobs, Steve, joystick, nounJPEG, nounK, KB, keno, nounkey, nounkeyboard, nounkeyboard, verbkeyboarder, nounkeypad, nounkeystroke, nounkeyword, nounkilobyte, nounkit, nounkludge, nounknowledge base, Kraftwerk, LAN, nounlanguage, nounlaptop, nounlaser disk, nounlaser printer, nounlaunch, verbLCD, nounlight industry, nounlight pen, nounline printer, nounlink, verbLinux, nounLISP, nounlisting paper, listserv, nounload, verblocal area network, nounlog file, LOGO, nounloop, nounlow-level, adjectiveMac, nounmachine, nounmachine code, nounmachine language, machine-readable, adjectiveMacintosh, nounmacro, nounmagnetic disk, nounmagnetic media, nounmagnetic tape, nounmail, nounmail, verbmailbomb, nounmailbox, nounmailing list, nounmail merge, nounmainframe, nounmainframe computer, main memory, manual, adjectivemaximize, verbmegabyte, nounmemory, nounmemory address, memory bank, nounmemory card, nounmemory hog, nounMemory Stick, nounmenu, nounmessage, nounmetadata, nounmicro, nounmicrochip, nounmicrocomputer, nounmicroelectronics, nounmicroprocessor, nounMicrosoft, MIDI, nounmigrate, verbmigration, nounMillennium bug, minicomputer, nounminimize, verbmips, mission-critical, adjectiveMIT, mixer, nounmodel, nounmodel, verbmodelling, nounmodem, nounmodule, nounmonitor, nounMoore, Gordon, Moore's Law, nounmorphing, nounmotherboard, nounMotorola, mouse, nounmouse mat, nounmouse miles, nounmouse potato, nounMP3 player, nounMP4 player, nounMPEG, nounMSC, nounMS-DOS, multimedia, adjectivemulti-player gaming, nounmultiple applications, multiplexer, nounmultitasking, nounnagware, nounNasdaq, nounNASDAQ, Naseem, Prince, National Market System, nounNEC, nerd, nounnest, verbNetscape Navigator, network, nounnetwork, verbneural computer, nounneural network, nounneuroinformatics, nounnewbie, nounnew economy, nounNintendo, node, nounnoise, nounnotebook, nounnumber-cruncher, nounnumber crunching, nounobject, nounobject language, object-oriented, adjectiveOCR, nounOfex, nounoffice machinery, offline, adverboff-line, adjectiveonline, adjectiveonline catalogue, online updating, nounon-screen, adjectiveopen, verbOpen Group, the, open outcry, nounopen system, nounoperating system, nounoperation, nounoptical character recognition, nounoptical fibre, nounoption, nounorder, nounorganizing business, OSI, nounoutbox, nounoutput, nounoutput, verbover-the-counter dealing, over-the-counter market, over-the-counter share, over-the-counter stock, over-the-counter trading, overwrite, verbP2P, adjectivepackage, nounpacket, nounpacket-switching, nounpage, nounpage break, nounpalette, nounpalm phone, nounpalmtop, nounpaperless, adjectiveparallel data query, parallel port, parallel processing, nounPASCAL, nounpass-along, adjectivepassword, nounpaste, verbpasting, nounpatch, nounpause, verbPC, nounPC Card, nounPDA, nounPDF, nounPDF file, pen drive, nounPentium, peripheral, adjectiveperipheral, nounpersonal communicator, nounpersonal computer, nounpersonal electronic device, nounpersonal organizer, nounpetaflop, nounphishing, nounping, verbpiracy, nounpirate, verbpixel, nounplasma screen, nounplatform, nounplatform game, nounPlayStation, plotter, nounplug and play, nounplug-and-play, adjectiveplug-in, nounpointer, nounpop-under, nounpop-up, nounport, nounport, verbportable, adjectivepost, verbpost-industrial, adjectivePostScript, nounPowerPoint, nounprint, verbprinter, nounprintout, nounprint-out, nounprint preview, nounprocess, verbprocessing, nounprocessor, nounprogram, nounprogram, verbprogram file, programmable, adjectiveprogrammer, nounprogramme trading, programming, nounprogramming language, PROLOG, nounPROM, nounprompt, verbprompt, nounprotocol, nounPsion, pull down, nounpull-down, adjectivepull-down menu, nounpunched card, nounquantum computer, nounQuarkXPress, queue, nounqwerty, adjectiveRAM, nounrandom access memory, nounread, verbread only memory, read-only memory, nounread-out, nounread-write, adjectivereal-time, adjectivereboot, verbrecall, verbre-chip, verbrecord, nounrecord, verbrefresh, verbreload, verbremaster, verbremote access, nounremote control, nounremote working, nounreseller, nounreset, verbrespawn, verbretinal scanner, nounretrieval, nounretrieve, verbretry, verbreturn, nounright-click, verbrip, verbroad warrior, nounrobot, nounrollover, nounROM, nounRoute 128, nounrouter, nounroutine, nounRSI, nounRTF, nounrun, verbsalami slicing, nounSamsung, save, verbscalability, nounscalable, adjectivescan, verbscanner, nounscramble, verbscreen, nounscreen-based, adjectivescreen dump, nounscreensaver, nounscreen saver, nounscreenshot, nounscroll, verbscroll bar, nounscroll key, SCSI, nounSEAQ, search, nounsearch, verbsearchable, adjectivesearch engine, nounSEATS, nounsecurity rating, SEGA, self-healing, adjectivesend, verbserial port, server, nounserver farm, nounservice bureau, nounservice pack, nounSET, nounset-up, nounSFA, nounSGML, nounshareware, nounshift, nounshift key, nounshoot-'em-up, nounshopping bot, sig file, nounsilicon, nounsilicon chip, nounSilicon Fen, nounSilicon Glen, Silicon Valley, sim, nounSIMM, nounsimulation, nounSinclair, Sir Clive, single sourcing, skin, nounslo-mo, adjectivesmall office/home office, nounsmart, adjectivesmart bomb, nounsneakernet, nounsoft copy, nounsoftware, nounsoftware engineering, SoHo, SOHO, nounSonic the Hedgehog, sort, nounsoundcard, nounsource code, nounspace bar, nounspam, nounspeech recognition, nounspeech recognition software, speech synthesizer, nounspellcheck, nounspellchecker, nounspell-checker, nounspider, nounspider food, nounspim, nounsplit screen, nounspreadsheet, nounspreadsheet software, spyware, nounstandalone, adjectivestand-alone, adjectivestandby time, nounStarr Report, the, nounstarter pack, nounstart-up, nounstorage, nounstorage unit, store, verbstore-and-forward, nounstrategic information system, stream, verbstreaming, nounStreet Fighter, string, nounstylus, nounsubdirectory, nounsubroutine, nounsuite, nounSun Microsystems, sunrise industry, nounsupercomputer, nounsuperserver, nounsupport, verbsupport, nounswitching, nounsynchronous, adjectivesyntax, nounsynthespian, nounsystem, nounsystem administrator, nounsystems analyst, nounsystems programmer, system tray, nountab, verbtab key, nountab stop, nountag, nountag, verbtape, nountape drive, taskbar, nountechie, nountechnical support, nountechno-, prefixtechnocracy, nountechno-geek, nountechnophobe, nountechy, telecentre, nountelecommuter, nountelematics, nounteleprinter, nounteleworker, nountemplate, nounterabyte, nounteraflop, nounterminal, nountestdeck, nountext-to-speech, adjectivethird-generation, adjectivethird-party software, thumbnail, nountickbox, nountick box, nountime out, nountime-sharing, nountitle bar, nountoggle, nountoner, nountoolbar, nountoolbox, nounTOPIC, nountop-level domain, nountop ranking, nounTorvalds, Linus, Toshiba, Tottenham Court Road, touchpad, nountouch screen, nountrackball, nountransaction processing, transputer, nounTrojan horse, nountroubleshooter, nounTTS, Turing, Alan, tutorial, nounundo, verbuninstall, verbunique visitor, nounUnix, noununlisted share, unlisted stock, unrecoverable error, unzip, verbup, adverbupdate, nounupgrade, verbupload, verbupload, nounuptime, nounusability, nounUSB, nounUSB drive, nounuser-friendly, adjectiveuser group, nounuser interface, nounuser name, nounUS Robotics, utility, nounVActor, nounvalid, adjectivevalue-added reseller, vapourware, nounVDT, nounVDU, nounVGA, nounvideocard, nounvideo game, nounvideo snacking, nounviral marketing, nounvirtual, adjectivevirtual corporation, virtually, adverbvirtual memory, nounvirtual office, nounvirtual organization, virtual reality, nounvirus, nounvoice print, nounvoice recognition, wallpaper, nounWAN, nounWAP, noun-ware, suffixwar game, nounWAV, nounwearable, nounWeb 2.0, nounweb browser, nounweb crawler, nounweb design, nounweb development, web-enabled, adjectiveweb hosting, nounweb log, nounweb log file, wide area network, wi-fi, nounWi-Fi, nounwild card, nounwindow, nounWindows, Wintel, wipe, verbWiponet, nounwireless internet, wireless networking, nounWord, Wordperfect, word processor, nounworkspace, nounworkstation, nounWorld Wide Web, the, worm, nounWozniak, Steve, write, verbwrite-protected, adjectiveWYSIWYG, nounXbox, XML, nounY2K, nounYahoo!, zap, verbzip file, nounzombie, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 Artists like to have some control over where their works are hung in a gallery.
 She’s a good teacher who has control of her class.
 Students are encouraged to take control of their own learning, rather than just depending on the teacher.
 Excessive drinking can make you lose control of your own life.
 ‘Do you need any help?’ ‘No. It’s under control, thanks.’
 Dogs are allowed on the trails if they are kept under control.
 The car spun out of control and hit a tree.
 Flight delays do occur, for reasons that are outside our control.
 By the end of the year, the rebels had control over the northern territories.
 The Johnson family has effective control of the company, owning almost 60% of the shares.
 China gained control of the island in 1683.
 His son is being trained to take control of the family business.
 The Democrats lost control of Congress in the last election.
 The whole of this area came under Soviet control after World War II.
 The Conservatives are hoping to regain control of the city council.
 an agreement on arms control (=control of the amount of weapons a country has)
 Firefighters had the blaze under control by 9:44 p.m.
 Shea used diet and exercise to bring her weight under control.
 The Federal Reserve Bank raised interest rates to keep inflation under control.
 Rent controls ensured that no one paid too much for housing.
(=strict controls) the introduction of tighter controls on immigration
 Police used fire hoses and dogs for crowd control.
 Davidson lost control of himself and started yelling.
 Small children can’t be expected to have the same self-control (=ability to control their emotions and behaviour) as an adult.
 A control group of non-smoking women was compared to four groups of women smokers.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
· I could not control my anger any longer.
(=impossible to repair, control, believe etc) Scott’s equipment was damaged beyond repair. The town centre had changed beyond all recognition. Due to circumstances beyond our control, the performance has had to be cancelled.
· It took more than an hour to control the blaze at the hotel.
· For more than four hours they battled to bring the blaze under control.
 Use pressure to control the bleeding.
(=controls on who crosses a border)· Hungary tightened its border controls.
(=no longer be able to control its direction)· He lost control of the car on a sharp bend.
 carefully chosen words
· Occasionally flights are cancelled due to circumstances beyond our control.
 Political activity is closely controlled.
 The police were in complete control of the situation.
· The state has direct control over certain industries.
 draconian measures to control population growth
· The measures to control carbon dioxide emissions do not go far enough.
(=limits on the amount of a currency people are allowed to exchange)· The government is going to impose stricter exchange controls.
· She could hardly control her excitement when I told her the news.
 People who can exercise some control over their surroundings feel less anxious.
· The state should not exert control over the media.
(=one that is done using correct scientific methods)· The theory has not yet been tested by a properly controlled experiment.
(=official limits on the number of exports)· The European Parliament wants tougher export controls on certain goods.· The number of goods subject to import and export quotas is being reduced.
 Meat production falls under the control of the Agriculture Department.
· Firefighters took more than an hour to bring the fire under control.
· The government of mainland China gained control of the island in 1683.
 She was given absolute control over all recruitment decisions.
(=a group used in an experiment or survey to compare its results with those of another group)· A control group had to be examined as well as the group that we are studying.
(=reduce or put a limit on them)· The scheme aims to control imports of cheap goods.
(=laws which reduce or limit the amount of imports)· Severe import controls were introduced.
(=not do something, even though you have an impulse to do it)· Derek resisted the impulse to eat any more cake.
(=prevent it from increasing more)· These measures are designed to curb inflation.
 a certain feeling of loss of control
 When a person is ill, the body’s natural defence mechanisms come into operation.
· Some people have trouble controlling their hand movements.
· The water company is failing to control pollution.
· Effective pollution control was not being undertaken.
(=controlling how many children people have)· It is argued that population control is essential to limit the depletion of natural resources.
 It all comes down to who holds the purse strings.
· The authorities failed to regain control of the situation.
 Hughes believes that immigration controls should not be relaxed.
· All officers are trained in riot control.
 The truck ran out of control and hit a house.
 The rebels have seized power.
· The school was no longer under their sole control.
 Crime has spiraled out of control.
· There must be strict control of local government spending.
law (=an illegal drug)· He was charged with possessing a controlled substance.
 The communists took power in 1948. Youngsters need to take control of their own lives.
· She tried to speak calmly and control her temper.
 The government is keeping tight control on immigration.
 The media is tightly controlled in some countries.
 I’m glad to see that you have everything under control.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· Capital expenditure by local authorities is subject to close central government control.· Without a smart central controller, control can trickle up from the bottom.· The first application to use the services is Tivoli/FSM, which manages Unix client-server file sharing mechanisms from a central control point.· Apparent Disadvantages of Swarm Systems NonoptimalBecause they are redundant and have no central control, swarm systems are inefficient.· Choice of pagers A paging system consists of a central control unit together with a pager for each employee.· They evidently prefer strict discipline and central control to fair competition.· In some other states, however, the movement towards greater system and central control in this respect was more marked.· These are linked up to a central control panel which monitors the entire system.
· I used to do it all, I had complete control of the house, now the situation has changed completely.· The state earlier this month gave Brown virtually complete control over Treasure Island.· Neil Kinnock has more complete control over the party than any leader since Attlee.· If the first drug tried does not result in complete control at high therapeutic levels, a second drug should be substituted.· Those who were still in complete control did not manage to survive the food.· Rape offers the illusion of complete control, obtained either by a weapon, physical or verbal intimidation or drugging.· From there on, the cherry and whites took complete control and were 10 points up in the first 14 minutes.· So much for complete bloody control.
· One method may be through variations in government expenditure and taxation since these flows are under the direct control of the authorities.· Managers plan, organize, staff, direct, and control.· An important supplement to these direct and internal controls is provided by efficiency audits.· It felt like there was no direct control of the machine.· The second row is about mine clearance, which was until recently under the direct control of the president's office.· But both these target variables are also influenced by variables outside the direct control of the authorities.· In these markets the Bank has no direct control over interest rates.· The resources within the enterprise are under the direct control of the managers of the enterprise.
· They none the less strengthened the authority of the republican leaderships as they gradually extended their effective control over local affairs.· We can get effective control on 10 acres a day.· Severe lipaemia in an undiagnosed diabetic will usually resolve with the institution of insulin therapy and effective diabetic control.· Whoever is in charge needs to have effective control over the demand side of education.· By the end of the day Mutalibov had fled and the Front had established effective control throughout the capital.· Investigate environmental sources of infection and formulate effective control measures.· Computers are one of the aids to achieving effective control of costs and time.· But sterilisation is the ultimate means of ensuring effective population control.
· Finally, there is a problem associated with financial control.· Legal controls have been supplemented by financial controls, especially over capital expenditure.· For smaller companies, where financial controls are not highly developed, factoring may prove the answer.· The Treasury saw financial control as being concerned with sound finance and above party politics.· Hence, the argument runs, even without central financial control most local councils would have been providing similar levels of services.· These problems remained, even after objectives had been partially clarified and formalized through grant financing and stringent financial controls.· Earlier plans for tighter financial control and greater independence for management had not been successful.
· The central image is of a man in full control of himself and determined to enjoy the experience.· What mixed cornucopia will the blossoming of full information control bring about?· In the other he remained in full control of events and in full possession of his rightful authority.· Nearly three-quarters of female owners have full control of their businesses, compared with only half of male owners.· However, he went beyond such extensive controls and he exercised full defacto control and the trustees allowed this.· The Republicans may not have a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate but they had full control of the media.· Clearly we do not have full control over feelings.· Monopoly or the full control of supply, and hence of price, by a single firm was the ultimate security.
· Ostensibly this gives greater control, but at considerable cost.· They also enable you to complete your writing projects and have greater control over your deadlines.· This demand has to be made in conjunction with demands for greater control over public housing, by those who inhabit it.· And by using one designer, she gained greater control over leaks about costs.· Such corporations tend to usurp the functions of local elected authorities which are simultaneously subjected to greater central control.· In her mind, the reengineering decision granted her a well-deserved promotion and greater span of control.· This version of WordPerfect provides greater control and flexibility in printing specific pages.
· I prefer local control rather than big government.· Even more important, they are allowed to opt out of local authority control.· The Housing Act 1988 gave further encouragement to the breakup of the large housing estates remaining under local authority control.· This new-found concern with local control over abuses is ironic.· Such local network systems would offer higher efficiency and greater local control of electricity, including generation, delivery and use.· From April next year, further education and sixth form colleges will be independent of local government control.· There seems little hope of local control of health issues in the inner city.
· This is not entirely the result of political control, since the privately owned press shows no greater inclination towards investigative journalism.· It is more like ordinary political damage control.· They are also the continuing decline of parliamentary politics and political control increasingly orchestrated by a small clique within the Cabinet.· We remain strongly opposed to bringing police forces under total local political control.· The political control of the Bakufu was also weakened.· So long as men will accept religious control not based on reason, they will accept political control not based on reason.· This intervention has the effect both of undermining managerial autonomy and of weakening the coherence of political control by blurring objectives.
· The device in the attaché case would be activated by remote control from inside the limousine.· It includes money for new pipes, a remote monitoring and control system and earthquake-safety improvements.· Fixed and variable outputs are fitted for a remote control handset is included.· She jabs at more buttons on the remote control doodad.· No, the sound of crunching from the hallway confirmed that Holmes was having a remote control snack.· There are some versions of remote replay which do give the user complete remote control.· He would need a hired watcher for that, or a camera operated by remote control.· Rust closed the door by remote control then activated his mechanized wheelchair and approached them.
· The companies' main concerns, however, were with social control of their workforces outside the pits.· Moffett sought to reassure investors that the company had social issues under control.· The church for its part acted as an administrative agency of colonial expansion and a major institution of social control.· Pollution control work, then, is typical of the many areas of social control characterized by goals of regulation rather than repression.· Social action can never be separated from practical constraints or from social control.· Meanwhile I am drawn into the trees by something that transcends state or social control.· Respectability and social control Changes can be discerned in family patterns by the end of the century.· In addition, farmers can maintain a greater degree of social control over agricultural workers living in tied accommodation.
· At no time did the abbey relinquish to these groups any of its tight control over economic life.· Firecracker reacted to the tight control on his whereabouts by trying to elude his protectors.· The need for tighter control of credit was seen as vital.· So the first step in treating peripheral neuropathy is maintenance of tight control of blood glucose levels.· It continues to place strong emphasis on tight cost controls and has seen net assets rise 14% to £26.9m.· So, firms have been trying to keep costs under tight control.· They were also effectively administered, since Henry continued to exert the tight control established by his Yorkist predecessors.· How else, they assume, but tight coordination and control to deal with so many moving parts?
· By 1973 this measure was considered inadequate and the government took total control of the mining companies.· She exerts total control over her schedule, her programs, and her recordings.· He has total control over the broadcasting media and the government that he laboriously cobbled together over an eight-month period.· Mussina appeared in total control on the mound, cool and efficient.· The Founders now told Pilger that the role they had given him was something less than total editorial control.· The coal industry had no say in running the fund, and Lewis had total control of it.· Manville felt good all over, in total control of himself and any possible situation which could arise.· His was the smug look of a man who knew he was in total control and liked it that way.
NOUN
· Another method of birth control must be used for a few months until two consecutive tests show there are no sperm left.· The father of six children, he understands the consequences of adhering to the teaching on birth control.· Your partner is also welcome, so why not go along together to discuss the different methods of birth control?· After the 1980 elections, we knew that the rights to both birth control and abortion were at risk.· However unless birth control methods are used, sooner or later the woman is likely to get pregnant.· I wanted a prescription for the pill. Birth control was still illegal then in some states, even for married couples.· There are several birth control methods to choose from.· Even more important, birth control has a crucial escape hatch.
· Of these the blood film often revealed erythrocytes with multiple pits unlike in the control group where this was unusual.· By contrast, productivity for the control group rose just 3. 9 percent.· A group of young people without Saturday jobs, will act as a control group.· Differences are computed, and the program is deemed a success if the experimental group has improved more than the control group.· As the control group, 100 µmol of Krebs-Ringer solution alone was injected into the left gastric artery.· He did not typically employ elaborate statistics to test hypotheses or use control groups in his research.· Attention is focused on the organization undergoing change, rather than on comparison with any control group.· A coalition of gun control groups and health organizations is using the research on gun deaths from 1986 through 1992
· Its opponents included liberals who were opposed to the death penalty and conservatives who objected to the gun control provisions.· Democrats also intend to push for privacy initiatives and to propose modest gun control measures, party aides said.· We have an attorney general who was a leading opponent of gun control in the Senate.· The obstinate refusal of many males to support gun control is not chiefly a product of conditioning by the weapons industry.· The law was sent for approval to Governor George Deukmejian, a former outspoken opponent of gun control.· The demand for tighter gun control is especially widespread and intense among women.· He would outlaw abortion and end gun control.· But Republicans now in command at the White House and in Congress generally oppose new gun control measures.
· It is therefore essential that the control mechanisms for each are put in place at the beginning of the design stage.· Teams hold employees to high standards, acting as a more acceptable quality control mechanism than evaluations and orders from the top.· There is now a need for alternative control mechanisms in this new computing environment, one of which is proper personnel controls.· But where are the sensors and the thermostatic control mechanisms?· The traditional budget ensures compliance with the conditions set out in the appropriations; that is, it acts as a control mechanism.· Cell transformation Cancer cells become tumorigenic as a result of multiple independent steps which subvert the normal growth control mechanisms described earlier.· No single control mechanism can ensure efficiency.· The body has to have control mechanisms to regulate all its functions.
· He led me to his booth and typed a few keys on the control panel.· Dials twitch in the control panel at the sound of it.· He found sweeping the floor too boring and manoeuvred himself into a role making electrical control panels.· That big control panel with all the handles and cranks.· Great care was taken in the design of the control panel and the instruments mounted on it.· ChromaZone lets you create your own modules with a sophisticated control panel.· All the graphics on the control panel are simple and easily seen, and all the controls have easy-to-understand precision markings.· The control panels have a high-tech look, and you can toggle the heads-up on and off during your flight.
· In the northern agency, about half a dozen districts comprise a pollution control area.· Yet diesel gets off easily when it comes to pollution controls.· Inspectors previously specialised in particular areas of pollution control will be expected to regulate industrial processes presently outside their experience.· He will press for stricter, not more lenient, pollution controls.· Such action represents the adoption of aspects of a second air pollution control strategy - namely, the emission standards strategy.· The lack of money spent on pollution control.· In both agencies there are in effect four senior administrative positions with direct responsibility for pollution control work.
· The government would end price controls and subsidies to industry, and impose tight budgets and curbs on welfare spending.· The early years of hyperinflation after price controls were eased in 1992 led to backlogs in debts among businesses and the state.· His new government imposed price controls and nationalized businesses.· Doubts were expressed about last week's rumour of moves to end steel price control.· Also on April 27 measures laying down sanctions against speculation and the circumvention of price controls were announced.· He said that the country had surmounted a crucial test when price controls were lifted for most goods in January.· Its members reckon their enterprises have no future without price controls and government subsidies.· In addition to fiscal measures, price controls have sometimes been used as a weapon.
· This list can be used in your quality control checks.· Teams hold employees to high standards, acting as a more acceptable quality control mechanism than evaluations and orders from the top.· Within stock control, for example, are supplier ordering, warehouse management and quality control.· The coveted ingredient is discreetly kept in the garage. Quality controls are in place.· Every barrel a different strength, no quality control in those days.· Inevitably review plays a great part in the process of quality control by external agencies.· Education is not a production line, teachers are not operatives, and assessment is more than quality control.· Because its characteristics can be treated mathematically it is central to quality control via samples.
· I went down to the studio floor from the control room and Michael was very upset at having-to do it again.· It is not unusual for control rooms to be located in another area. perhaps a different floor or building.· In accordance with local procedures, he had locked the control room door to prevent unauthorised access.· You see engineers in the control room.· In the immediate vicinity, sensitive monitors relay readings back to the central control room.· Most astronomers are enclosed in observing cages or in control rooms for most of the time they are observing.· Some of the old hands have got themselves in at the cop stations and traffic control rooms.· A visitor to the control room of this nuclear missile submarine might pass it by without a second thought.
· Firstly, however, the crude comparisons between action and control samples in terms of institutionalisation are made.· There is also the possibility that the action and control samples differed in important characteristics.· The scheme was evaluated using a matched control sample of cases from adjacent areas.· Cost differences between action and control samples are shown in Table 6.4.· The differences between action and control samples at the time of referral was unexpected.· Because the control sample of people still at home at second assessment was so small, no conclusions are possible.
· Stoloyan promised continued state control of prices for basic goods until May 1992.· The nationalization of the electricity sector followed 22 years later, bringing the full energy spectrum under state control.· While they exist to serve public purposes, they are self-governing and only subject to a limited state control.· It talks about only another layer of government and more red tape and state control, not less.· However, there are worries about State control.· Nor has it been the result of government action and state control.· The first of these is characterized by state control of the press and its eventual emancipation from such controls.· The revolution, through state control, has given agricultural labourers greater security and better wages by turning them into state employees.
· Checking the takings late at night is no substitute for a proper budgetary control system.· We have a flood control system that is severely damaged.· A control system is currently under development for combining the output from the different modules in an intelligent manner. 5.7.· Investigators discovered a malfunction in the propeller pitch control and a worn part in a propeller control system on the left engine.· They give managers additional information on which to base their judgements, but they do not provide a company control system.· Related Occupations Accountants and auditors design internal control systems and analyze financial data.· Mercedes' traction control system is standard.· Gait disorders follow from defects in these control systems.
· Birkwood Lock, the first mechanized lock with control tower and traffic light gantry.· He practiced landings on Sunday, then told the control tower that he would fly for another hour.· The control tower staff saw the aircraft making a sharp left-hand climbing turn before it disappeared into thick low cloud.· A window also was blown out of the control tower.· Meanwhile, up in Duxford's control tower, John Allison was anxiously waiting.· The quake shattered windows in the control tower at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and forced the airport's immediate closure.· Soon, Rob would take S-Sugar on to the runway and wait for clearance from the control tower.
· A2 Bay Road, Carnlough - traffic control.· We will reduce airport congestion by increasing the capacity of our air traffic control.· Craigavon Division A27 between Poyntzpass and Newry - traffic control in operation.· They included warning local air traffic control and having hundreds of gallons of water and pumps standing by in case of accident.· Internet traffic control relies on these numbers.· Some of the old hands have got themselves in at the cop stations and traffic control rooms.· I would have needed an air traffic control centre to keep track of where everyone was at any given moment.· The co-operation of air traffic control is central.
· Computers with control units implemented in this way are called microprogrammed computers.· The control unit, the motor and the electronic parts of the spindle were imported.· The control unit then enters the execute phase, to carry out the operation decoded in the fetch phase.· The environmental control unit was a squat concrete abutment with metal slotted vents.· A waveform analyser processes the voltage signals and returns Position detector pulses to the control unit at the required Positions.· Several changes in the control unit were made in the 1960s but the technology remained expensive and had relatively little diffusion.· Choice of pagers A paging system consists of a central control unit together with a pager for each employee.· A remote control unit will offer an on-screen menu.
VERB
· Later in this chapter we will examine the gradual growth of government concern to assume a closer control of the process.· It was still unclear last night, however, which party would assume control of the House.· Many women would assume control of the family business upon the death of a spouse.· Mackenzie assumed direct control, with his partners in subordinate positions.· Then on 13 January 1972 the army dismissed Busia; a group of officers led by Colonel Acheampong assumed control.· Zajedno leaders say they will assume control of Nis city hall next Monday.· Over the following months, de Gaulle assumed total control over political affairs and substantially reduced Giraud's authority as Commander-in-Chief.· In 1909, the U. S. Government assumed control of the leper settlement at Molokai.
· It took a long time to bring the fire under control, the local pubs kept open for three days and nights.· All he was trying to do, he says, was bring her under control.· An incendiary device exploded setting fire to furniture, but the blaze was brought under control.· Some 8,000 troops, firemen and police attempted to bring the fire under control.· More than 100 firefighters fought for four hours to bring the blaze under control.· It would be virtually impossible to bring them under the control of one super-agency.· Inflation will be brought under control by the emerging recession.· It took them three hours to bring it under control.
· By exercising muscular control, certain kinds of feeling can be inhibited.· Unless managers see the control process through to its conclusion, they are merely monitoring performance rather than exercising control.· The Bedford Area Guardians Committee continued to exercise control over matters great and small.· The governing body therefore now has much greater potential to exercise control over the life and work of the school.· However, he went beyond such extensive controls and he exercised full defacto control and the trustees allowed this.· This explains why the Commission wishes to exercise some degree of control over the freedom to subsidise.· Messrs Murdoch, Maxwell and Rowland, amongst others, are known to have attempted to exercise control over editorial content.
· I started to return well and I gained control of the match.· When Mr Michael Foot became leader, activists gained greater control of the party machine.· But these tiny acts helped women gain some measure of control over our lives.· Fortunately, the investment banks have managed to gain control of the dividends of only big and new companies.· The attack recovered the lost guns and gained control of a good part of the plateau.· Meanwhile both groups began infiltrating the city in an attempt to gain control of key locations.· Soon he would gain control of himself and the role, Logan said.
· He found himself struggling with the wheel, fighting to keep the vehicle under control.· The bill would have made changes in the food stamp program but would have kept it under federal control.· But how long could they keep control of the situation?· Some of this was done no doubt to keep control in choppy political waters.· I was desperately trying to keep control but felt horribly threatened.· Anyone can operate a snowmobile, but it takes some guidance to keep them under control.· And smooth, surge-free progressive power delivery to help keep you in control at all times.· Yesterday it had been difficult to keep his thoughts under control.
· At that point, humans lose control.· You lose all control, honey, and it just starts to happen.· One was suffering from deep depression, the other believed he was beginning to lose control of his mind.· The attack recovered the lost guns and gained control of a good part of the plateau.· Despite this, they have lost control over who knows what about them.· I almost lost it-I almost lost control of the business I had worked so hard to build.· It is after they have lost control for the second or third time that the real difficulties appear.
· In the second place, it involves some intention to maintain that control on the part of the possessor.· Other legislators say the priority should be maintaining control of U.S. immigration and not rewarding lawbreakers.· We can maintain control of conversation by avoiding other people's agendas.· For Beyster, employee ownership is an effective way to maintain control.· It is difficult to maintain control where a scattered enforcement staff possess high discretion.· Legally, the government was obliged to maintain strong control of transport, making privatisation problematic.· The knowledge workers in the insurance company were responsible for processing this mass of data to maintain operational control of the business.· Weather and sea conditions during the service were extremely hazardous, demanding absolute concentration to maintain control of the lifeboat.
· It then demands a mental fight to regain physical control.· All of which sounds a bit fishy -- selling off a chunk of the government to regain control of it?· Fortunately, he quickly regained control, whereas the rest of us lost it permanently.· If Republicans lose 21 seats, the Democrats will regain control of the House.· Having even this amount of control may help you to regain a feeling of control over the whole situation.· Though he lost his job, he regained control of his life.· Nor did Peter regain effective control of his kingdom as Henry, although defeated at Nájera, staged a political comeback.· The monarchists, therefore, decided to turn their support to the Santanistas in an effort to regain control.
· I tell Opposition Members that we shall not give way; we shall retain control over public spending.· Symington, of course, wants to retain control of those dollars.· Surely those who retained control over it would do better?· We see then that while some marketers in Huaraz have retained control over their work, others are experiencing proletarianization.· She retains virtual control of her sons, the eldest of whom firmly remains second in line to the throne.· Republicans retained control of the House with at least 225 seats to the Democrats' 204 seats.· In such ways the party retains ultimate control over appointments, transfers, promotions and discipline.· The National Park Service will retain control of open spaces.
· But Lynwood appears to be the first city where one minority group -- Latinos -- seized control from another -- blacks.· How did men seize control everywhere and suppress women, keeping them ignorant and enslaved?· We will, within the next fifty years, be able to seize control of our own evolution.· Republicans seized control of both houses of Congress, picking up a whopping 117 House seats along the way.· The army seized control, occupied many campuses, and closed all universities.· Silber will be no more successful at seizing control of education policy statewide.
· However, Murray International Holdings took control of Rangers late in 1988.· But Alton restricted the opposition to four points in that opening spell and then took control to score four good tries themselves.· I remember feeling complimented that he would let me take control at the most critical part of the flight.· Ershad met with senior Army officers who informed him that they were unwilling to step in and take control of the country.· Schroer will take control of the four Invesco health care funds Feb. 1, the company said.· It was her flat and she was going to take control of what went on in it.· Kobert also asked that a trustee be appointed to take control of the company.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • As a principal, he assumes responsibility for the performance of the entire transportation contract.
  • But you know already that I am not the sort to assume responsibility for my inconsistencies.
  • Given a chance to assume responsibility, many do.
  • In 1991 it assumed responsibility for its own catering, with total revenue increasing by 60 percent partly as a result.
  • It was still unclear last night, however, which party would assume control of the House.
  • Then on 13 January 1972 the army dismissed Busia; a group of officers led by Colonel Acheampong assumed control.
  • Virgin Trains says it would be prepared to assume responsibility for the state of the track over which its trains run.
  • Zajedno leaders say they will assume control of Nis city hall next Monday.
  • Some bosses are control freaks, while others are too unclear about what they want from you.
  • Am I a control freak just because I want a little order in my life?
  • Dials twitch in the control panel at the sound of it.
  • He hopes, for instance, that instrument panels have not changed much in the last fifty years.
  • I settled on one of the gauges on the instrument panel in front of me.
  • On Windows 95, go to control panel, then keyboard, then languages, then properties, and there choose Dvorak.
  • Reaching to the control panel, he flipped the auto-pilot to the off position.
  • That big control panel with all the handles and cranks.
  • The instrument panel looked complicated, but all the switches were neatly marked.
  • For the next year the Republican government was obliged to struggle to reassert its authority.
  • Governments will reassert their control over corporations when people reassert their control over governments.
  • Historians are divided into two viewpoints about the Tsars ability to reassert his power and avoid revolution.They are the optimists and pessimists.
  • Louis the Pious, taking Charles with him, moved quickly to reassert his control.
  • The battered Premier was today desperately trying to reassert his authority after Mr Lamont's devastating attack.
  • In order to transfer control to a new sequence of instructions, a new value must be deposited in the program counter.
  • Managers are frequently willing to transfer responsibility for performing certain tasks, particularly under supervision.
  • Pairs of jump instructions were provided to transfer control to the left- or right-hand instruction of a specified store location.
  • The innovation of transferring responsibility to an indigenous anti-Communist corps had been started too late.
  • They also achieve another prime objective of Conservative Governments, which is to transfer power from the state to the people.
  • Yet he is ahead of many heavily funded university labs in attempting to transfer control from humans to machines.
Word family
WORD FAMILYadjectivecontrollingcontrollable ≠ uncontrollablecontrolled ≠ uncontrollednouncontrolcontrollerverbcontroladverbuncontrollably
1make somebody/something do what you want [uncountable] the ability or power to make someone or something do what you want or make something happen in the way you want:  The disease robs you of muscle control.control of/over Babies are born with very little control over their movements. Artists like to have some control over where their works are hung in a gallery. She’s a good teacher who has control of her class. Students are encouraged to take control of their own learning, rather than just depending on the teacher. Excessive drinking can make you lose control of your own life. ‘Do you need any help?’ ‘No. It’s under control, thanks.’ Dogs are allowed on the trails if they are kept under control. The car spun out of control and hit a tree. Flight delays do occur, for reasons that are outside our control.2power [uncountable] the power to make the decisions about how a country, place, company etc is organized or what it does:  The press was freed from political control.control of Jordan asked for editorial control of the project.in control (of something) Anti-government forces are still in control of the area. By the end of the year, the rebels had control over the northern territories. The Johnson family has effective control of the company, owning almost 60% of the shares. China gained control of the island in 1683. His son is being trained to take control of the family business. The Democrats lost control of Congress in the last election.under the control of somebody The college was under the control of a group of trustees. The whole of this area came under Soviet control after World War II. The Conservatives are hoping to regain control of the city council.3way of limiting something [countable, uncountable] an action, method, or law that limits the amount or growth of something, especially something that is dangerous:  pest controlcontrol of the control of inflationcontrol on The authorities imposed strict controls on the movement of cattle. an agreement on arms control (=control of the amount of weapons a country has)under control Firefighters had the blaze under control by 9:44 p.m. Shea used diet and exercise to bring her weight under control. The Federal Reserve Bank raised interest rates to keep inflation under control.rent/price/wage etc controls Rent controls ensured that no one paid too much for housing.tight/rigid controls (=strict controls) the introduction of tighter controls on immigration Police used fire hoses and dogs for crowd control.4ability to stay calm [uncountable] the ability to remain calm even when you feel very angry, upset, or excited:  There were sudden tears in his eyes and he paused, fighting for control. Davidson lost control of himself and started yelling. Small children can’t be expected to have the same self-control (=ability to control their emotions and behaviour) as an adult.under control Her voice is under control, but she is almost shaking with anger.in control I felt calm and in control.5machine/vehicle [countable] the thing that you press or turn to make a machine, vehicle, television etc work:  the TV remote control the volume control on the radio a car with manual controlsat the controls (=controlling a vehicle or aircraft) Belton, at the controls, made a perfect landing.6people who organize an activity [singular, uncountable] the people who direct an activity or who check that something is done correctly, the place where this is done, or the process of doing it:  air-traffic control Please stop at passport control. computers used for stock control7scientific test [countable] a)a person, group etc against which you compare another person or group that is very similar, in order to see if a particular quality is caused by something or happens by chancecontrol group/population/sample etc A control group of non-smoking women was compared to four groups of women smokers. b)a thing that you already know the result for that is used in a scientific test, in order to show that your method is working correctly → controlled experiment8computer [singular] (also control key) a particular button on a computer that allows you to do certain operations:  Press control and F2 to exit. → birth control, quality control, remote control
control1 nouncontrol2 verb
controlcontrol2 ●●● S2 W1 verb (past tense and past participle controlled, present participle controlling) [transitive] Entry menu
MENU FOR controlcontrol1 power2 limit3 make somebody/something do what you want4 emotion5 machine/process/system6 check something
Word Origin
WORD ORIGINcontrol2
Origin:
1400-1500 Anglo-French contreroller ‘to keep a copy of an official document in rolled-up form’, from Medieval Latin contrarotulare, from contrarotulus ‘copy of a roll’, from Latin contra- ( ➔ CONTRA-) + rotulus ‘roll’
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
control
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theycontrol
he, she, itcontrols
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theycontrolled
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave controlled
he, she, ithas controlled
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad controlled
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill control
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have controlled
Continuous Form
PresentIam controlling
he, she, itis controlling
you, we, theyare controlling
PastI, he, she, itwas controlling
you, we, theywere controlling
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been controlling
he, she, ithas been controlling
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been controlling
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be controlling
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been controlling
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • a radio-controlled car
  • A valve controls the flow of water into the main tank.
  • He was having trouble controlling the heavy truck on the slippery road surface.
  • Health-care reform is intended to control costs and provide medical care for everyone.
  • I wish he'd learn to control his temper.
  • If you can't control your dog, you should put it on a leash.
  • If you can't control your temper, you don't belong in this line of work.
  • Insulin controls blood sugar levels in the body.
  • Many U.S. corporations are controlled by foreign companies.
  • Miss Weston is having difficulty controlling the children in that class.
  • Nathan tried to control his crying.
  • Oloco is a huge company, controlling over half the world's oil trade.
  • Republicans controlled more than two-thirds of the Senate.
  • She's a good driver and controls the car very well.
  • She exercises to control her weight.
  • She was really annoying me, but I managed to control myself and not say anything.
  • The area is now controlled by rebels.
  • The export of these devices is strictly controlled.
  • The finance committee controls the club's budget.
  • The fire was controlled later Tuesday night.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Because homosexuals do not control society, they are more victims than agents of its decay.
  • My view of the future is controlling illegal immigration but respecting people who are legally here.
  • The desire of Congress to control the expenditure of the indemnity payments had resulted in the failure of the National Bank bill.
  • The nanobots might be controlled by on board molecular microcomputers linked by radio to a base computer.
  • The number of lines to the inch controls the coarseness of the final dot formation.
  • Whereupon those High Masters - the self-proclaimed servants of the Emperor - could control the entire human species galaxy-wide, almost instantaneously.
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
to have power over a country, place, company etc, and decide what happens there: · The Democrats controlled the US Congress.· Government forces now control the city.
to make the important everyday decisions concerning a company, organization, country etc, so that it can continue to operate: · He runs a software company in New York.· The parents want to run the school themselves.· The government is unfit to run the country.· The charity runs a medical clinic in one of the poorest parts of the city.
to have control over something, or responsibility for a group of people: · She is in charge of training new employees.· I left him in charge of the children while I was out.
to be in charge of a company, especially one that someone else owns: · In 1963, she opened a furniture store, and her son has managed it since 1985.
if a group or leader is in power, they have political control of a country: · Abe resigned after less than a year in power.· It was the first time a democratically elected government had been in power.
if a leader or political group rules a country, they have political control of that country: · President Assad ruled the country for almost 30 years.· The same party has ruled Japan for many years.
to be in charge of a group of workers or students and make sure that they do their work properly: · Professor Braude supervised the research team.· He’s supervising the building work.
Longman Language Activatorto control people or to control what happens
to make things happen or make people behave in the way that you want, by using your authority, skill, money etc: · Miss Weston is having difficulty controlling the children in that class.· The area is now controlled by rebels.· The head of department controls the budget.· Oloco is a huge company, controlling over half the world's oil trade.
the ability or power to make things happen or make people behave in the way that you want: have control: · Heads of department can make some decisions, but the chairman has overall control within the company.control over: · They seem to have no control over their children.control of: · Who has control of the budget?
to control a situation, organization, country etc - use this especially about someone who got their power by using force or by clever planning, but not by being elected: · The President has been arrested, and the rebel forces are now in control.be in control of: · Mr Howard questioned whether the police were still in control of the situation.
spoken used to say that someone has the power to make all the decisions and tell other people what to do: · Mrs Earnshaw is in charge, and what she says, goes.
informal to control a situation so that everyone else has to do what you say, agree with you etc: · It's definitely my mother who calls the shots in my family.· It's always been our policy that the customer should call the tune.
British /be in the driver's seat American informal to have more power than anyone else in a particular organization or situation, so that you control everything: · The Conservatives say they are looking forward to the election, and are confident that they will soon be back in the driving seat.be firmly in the driving seat: · This is how the government is now made up, with the Socialists firmly in the driving seat.
if you say someone is the boss within a family or group, you mean they have the most power over the other people in it: · You'd better ask Mom -- she's the boss around here.show somebody who's boss (=show them that you are in control): · He gave the dog a slap round the head, just to show him who was boss.
informal to be the person who has most power in a relationship - use this especially to say that the woman in a relationship controls the man: · I think you should talk to Pat - she's the one who wears the trousers in that household.
if you keep people in check , you control their behaviour, especially so that they cannot behave badly; if you keep a situation, especially a bad one, in check , you stop it developing any further: · The court heard that the general was unable to keep his troops in check.· The disease is held in check by weekly injections of a power drug.
to secretly control people or events
to make someone do what you want them to do by cleverly influencing them, especially when they do not realize what you are doing: · He accused the environmentalists of trying to manipulate public opinion in their favour.
to secretly control an organization, country or situation, by controlling the person or group that is officially in charge of it: · There is little doubt now who is pulling the strings behind this government.
to be able to control someone such as a policeman or politician so that they do what you want, for example because you know something bad about them, or you are illegally paying them money or threatening them: · Most drug dealers have a few cops in their pocket.· Jackson got these plans approved very easily - it makes you wonder if he had the local council in his pocket.
to completely control someone's behaviour
to have a very powerful influence on another person and control the way that they behave: · It was obvious that her husband completely dominated her.· a very self-confident man with a dominating manner
someone who is domineering always wants to control what other people do and never considers what they want themselves: · Hattie was struggling to break free from her domineering father.· He's arrogant and domineering and never listens to anyone.· My mother has a very domineering personality.
informal to treat someone very badly by doing whatever you want to do, without caring about what they want or feel: · Why do you let him just walk all over you, have you no pride?· It's important not to let colleagues walk all over you at work.
to be able to control someone because you have some emotional power over them, for example, because you know their secrets or weak points: · He seems to have a very powerful hold over the women in his life.· It's been two years since we divorced, but he still has a hold on me.
to be able to control someone because you have emotional power over them - used especially in literature: · At last she had McAdams in her power!
to completely control the people in a country
to use force to control large groups of people - use this especially about governments and people in authority: · Since colonial times, black people in South Africa have been oppressed by the white minority.· Marxists have studied the role of the family in oppressing women.
oppressive laws or governments control people so tightly that they have very little freedom left: · The country is in the grip of an extremely oppressive regime.· New, oppressive laws were brought in to restrict the freedom of the press.
to control people by not allowing them to use their natural abilities, intelligence, or energy to improve their situation: be kept down: · The population is kept down by poverty and fear of the secret police.keep somebody down: · In Marlowe's opinion, religion was invented in order to keep people down.
to control people: · It's a cruel and vicious regime that represses all opposition.· For years the inhabitants of these islands have been repressed by the colonizers.
to be able to control someone because they like you
to be able to control someone because you have made them like you so much that they will do whatever you want: · I introduced Mr Wilkinson to my mother, and within minutes she had him eating out of her hand.· He's brilliant in job interviews -- he always manages to get the panel eating out of his hand.
to be able to control someone so that they do what you want, especially because they love you and want to make you happy: · Get Rebecca to ask Dad for the money -- she can wrap him round her little finger.· Mary knew she could twist Henry round her little finger.
to completely control a situation
to be the most powerful or important person or thing in a situation and therefore able to control it completely: · Men still tend to dominate the world of law - hardly any top judges are women.· You shouldn't allow your job to dominate your life like that.· A handful of multinational companies dominate the economy.
also monopolise British to completely control an activity, situation etc and unfairly prevent other people or organizations from having any control over it at all: · All night he monopolized the conversation, not letting anyone else get a word in.· The company has monopolized the building market in this area.
a situation in which one person or organization unfairly has complete control: have a monopoly: · It is not good for consumers if one company has a monopoly in any area of trade.monopoly of: · It was not easy to persuade the monarchy to let go of its monopoly of power.monopoly over: · Within a few years, the company had a virtual monopoly over all trade with India.
total power and control over a situation, organization etc - use this especially when you think this is not fair or right: have a stranglehold on something: · For years, two giant recording companies have had a stranglehold on the CD market.break the stranglehold (=to stop someone having complete control): · Satellite TV should at last break the stranglehold of the big national TV channels.
to control a situation completely: · In modern politics, no one political group can expect to have total control.have total/complete control over: · The head of department has complete control over the budget.
if a person or group holds sway , they have the most power or influence over the people in a particular situation, place, or organization: · The old communist party still holds sway in many rural areas.hold sway over: · This all happened long ago, when priests held sway over the majority of the Irish people.
methods, laws etc that are used to control situations or people
: controls on · Within months, most of the wartime controls on trading were abandoned.rigid controls (=strict controls) · Rigid rent controls ensured that no one paid too much for housing.tight controls (=strict controls) · The government is proposing to introduce even tighter controls on immigration.
laws, beliefs, or customs that control an activity or situation, especially by not allowing people to do exactly what they want to do: restraints on: · Every society has its own restraints on moral behaviour.restraints of: · The economy is beginning to grow again after the restraints of the war.impose restraints (=introduce rules in order to control someone or something): · As they grow older, kids begin to rebel against the restraints imposed by their parents.
to be controlled by someone else
· The whole town seems to be under the control of one family.· Almost three thousand troops are under Captain Marsh's control.· Roughly a quarter of the area came under Soviet control.
if you are in someone's power you have to do whatever they want you to do, especially because they have some emotional power over you - used especially in literature: · He'll do whatever I tell him to do. He's completely in my power.
if you are under someone's spell they have almost complete power over how you feel, the way you behave etc especially because you love or admire them very much: · Harry knew that he was in love with Susie, completely under her spell.come/fall under somebody's spell (=start to be under someone's spell): · She loves the company of showbiz personalities, and many have fallen under her spell.
if you are at someone's mercy they have the power to decide whether good or bad things happen to you: · Once in prison, inmates are at the guards' mercy.· Children often find themselves at the mercy of other kids who are older and bigger.to be at the mercy of somebody: · Small firms are completely at the mercy of the banks.
informal someone who lets other people treat them badly and who does not complain or try to change their situation: · Fiona was determined that she would be nobody's doormat.· Make sure he doesn't treat you like a doormat.
to get control of a situation, organization, country etc
to get control of a situation, organization, or place: · He's invested a lot of money in the company since he took control last May.take control of: · Following requests from the police, the army has now taken control of the area.· Anne Williams will take control of the research division on August 5th.
to get control of a situation that is out of control: · The agriculture ministry is struggling to bring the latest outbreak of the disease under control.· Rioting broke out again last night, and police and soldiers are still struggling to bring the situation under control.· Government attempts to bring the drug problem under control have so far failed.
to get control of a situation again after you had lost control of it: · It took several hours for the police to regain control after a demonstration in the city centre turned violent.regain control of: · The extremists have managed to regain control of the party.· At last she seemed to regain control of the situation, and started to speak.
to get control of a company or organization, or become the leader, president etc after someone else: · People are wondering who's going to take over when the old dictator dies.take over something/take something over: · The company was taken over by Sony in 1989.take over from: · She took over from Barton as Managing Director in 1994.
if an army or group seizes power or an area of land, they get control of it by using force to suddenly take political control: · The General has been Head of State since he seized power in 1982.· Rebel soldiers attacked the island, seizing the capital and arresting government officials.
to get political and military control of a country or part of a country, especially during a war: · Rebel forces have taken the northern part of the region.
when you cannot control something
to no longer be able to control a situation, vehicle, group of people etc: · The car skidded on the ice, and I lost control.lose control of: · She felt as if she was losing control of her children.· O'Connor recently lost control of the company he had run for seven years.
a situation that is out of control has got much worse and can no longer be controlled: · The fire was out of control.· Teenage crime was now out of control.get out of control: · It's easy to let spending on credit cards get out of control.
if something, especially a situation, gets out of hand , it gets so serious or difficult that it can no longer be controlled: · The costs have continued to increase, and now seem to be getting out of hand.· Police were called in when the situation began to get out of hand.
a situation or force that is beyond your control is one that you are not able to control, especially if someone else is controlling it or because no one can control it: · Some of the kids there were beyond any teacher's control.circumstances beyond our control (=a situation that we cannot control): · Due to circumstances beyond our control, we have had to cancel tonight's performance of "Carmen'.
to no longer be able to control a situation that you have had difficulty controlling for a long time: · By 1965, US troops in the area were beginning to lose their grip.lose your grip on something: · I was worried that Clive seemed to be losing his grip on things.
increasing or spreading in an unexpected way that cannot be controlled: · Some economists are now predicting the danger of runaway inflation.· They see technology as a runaway force that humans can no longer control.
growing, spreading or continuing very quickly, in a way that is impossible to stop - used especially in literature: · It wasn't military action but rampant disease that finally caused the population to surrender.· Corruption soon became rampant.
to grow or develop in a completely uncontrolled way: · Organized crime has been running wild since the collapse of the old regime.· She allowed her imagination to run wild.
to control the temperature, speed, or amount of something
to make the temperature, speed, or amount of something stay at the level you want: · A valve controls the flow of water into the main tank.· The finance committee controls the club's budget.
to prevent an amount of something from becoming too large: · He's been trying for years to keep his drinking under control.· The administration has certainly succeeded in keeping inflation under control.
to keep the temperature, speed, or amount of something at exactly the right level: · Sweating helps regulate body temperature.· A hand-operated switch is used to regulate the gas flow.
to control machines, equipment, or vehicles
to make a vehicle work: · She's a good driver and controls the car very well.· He was having trouble controlling the heavy truck on the slippery road surface.
formal to control a large or complicated machine or piece of equipment: · Don't worry - everyone will be shown how to operate the new machines.· Do you know how to operate the air conditioning?· They passed a cement mixer that was being operated by two men in dusty overalls.
to make a complicated machine or piece of equipment do what it is meant to do: · Does anyone here know how to work this microwave?· Simon showed me how to work the video player.
if someone is at the controls of a large vehicle or plane, they are driving it, flying it etc: be at the controls of: · The pilot remained at the controls of his plane even when it became clear that a crash was inevitable.· When we were kids we used to sit in a cardboard box, pretending to be at the controls of a spaceship.
to control your feelings
if you control yourself or control your feelings, you continue to behave calmly and sensibly and do not become too angry, excited, or upset: control yourself/himself etc: · She was really annoying me, but I managed to control myself and not say anything.control your temper: · I wish he'd learn to control his temper.
the ability to behave calmly and sensibly and not become too angry, excited, or upset, even when you have a good reason to: · The German team showed amazing self-control throughout the game.
to manage to stay calm and not become angry, especially when someone is trying to make you angry: · I knew they were trying to annoy me but I was determined to keep my temper.· Police officers are expected to keep their tempers whatever people say to them.· It took all her patience just to keep her temper.
the ability to make yourself work hard, take a lot of exercise, not eat the wrong foods etc because you know it is good for you to do so: · I don't know if I've enough self-discipline to work full-time and go to night school.· We try to teach the children self-reliance and self-discipline.
to stop yourself doing or saying something, especially something that might have a harmful result: · I was tempted to stay for another drink, but in the end I restrained myself and went home.restrain yourself from: · So far I have managed to restrain myself from phoning up to complain.
to suddenly start to control yourself after you have been very sad or upset and make yourself feel better again: · You've been in this mood for days now -- I wish you'd snap out of it.· He's so depressed. He doesn't seem able to snap out of it at all.
spoken say this when you want someone to stop behaving in a very emotional way, especially when they are so frightened or upset that they cannot control the way they are behaving: · Come on, calm down, get a grip on yourself.· Occasionally Georgie would find Tommy crying, and he'd tell him to get a grip on himself.
spoken say this when you want someone to stop behaving emotionally, especially when you are a little annoyed or embarrassed at the way they are behaving: · Pull yourself together. It's ridiculous to get upset about such a silly little thing.· His father was not one to hand out sympathy, but would simply tell him to "pull himself together".
unable to control your feelings
to become unable to control your feelings and become very angry or upset: · He made her so angry that she lost control and hit him.
uncontrollable emotions or actions are difficult or impossible to control: · Barbara was shaking with uncontrollable laughter.· At the mention of Hannah's name, he flew into an uncontrollable rage.
especially spoken to feel so excited, interested etc that you cannot control what you are saying or doing: · It's easy to get carried away and buy a lot of things that you don't need.· A few of the younger men got a bit carried away and started dancing on the tables.
especially spoken to be so upset or nervous that you cannot control what you are doing and cannot think sensibly: · I was so nervous in my driving test I just went to pieces.· Keeping busy was the only thing that kept her from going to pieces during the divorce.
to suddenly become very angry or upset, after you have been trying to stop yourself getting angry or upset for a long time: · Leroy finally snapped and attacked his tormentors.· Melanie Smithson, who is accused of murdering her husband, has claimed that she snapped after years of violence and abuse.somebody's patience snaps: · Charlotte's patience suddenly snapped.
if you give in to an emotion such as anger or unhappiness, you can no longer control that emotion: · She was determined not to give in to despair.· Miles struggled not to give in to his feelings of anger and hopelessness.
informal to suddenly get very angry or upset, so that you are no longer able to control what you say or do: · Pete just lost it completely and started shouting and screaming at us.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
· I could not control my anger any longer.
(=impossible to repair, control, believe etc) Scott’s equipment was damaged beyond repair. The town centre had changed beyond all recognition. Due to circumstances beyond our control, the performance has had to be cancelled.
· It took more than an hour to control the blaze at the hotel.
· For more than four hours they battled to bring the blaze under control.
 Use pressure to control the bleeding.
(=controls on who crosses a border)· Hungary tightened its border controls.
(=no longer be able to control its direction)· He lost control of the car on a sharp bend.
 carefully chosen words
· Occasionally flights are cancelled due to circumstances beyond our control.
 Political activity is closely controlled.
 The police were in complete control of the situation.
· The state has direct control over certain industries.
 draconian measures to control population growth
· The measures to control carbon dioxide emissions do not go far enough.
(=limits on the amount of a currency people are allowed to exchange)· The government is going to impose stricter exchange controls.
· She could hardly control her excitement when I told her the news.
 People who can exercise some control over their surroundings feel less anxious.
· The state should not exert control over the media.
(=one that is done using correct scientific methods)· The theory has not yet been tested by a properly controlled experiment.
(=official limits on the number of exports)· The European Parliament wants tougher export controls on certain goods.· The number of goods subject to import and export quotas is being reduced.
 Meat production falls under the control of the Agriculture Department.
· Firefighters took more than an hour to bring the fire under control.
· The government of mainland China gained control of the island in 1683.
 She was given absolute control over all recruitment decisions.
(=a group used in an experiment or survey to compare its results with those of another group)· A control group had to be examined as well as the group that we are studying.
(=reduce or put a limit on them)· The scheme aims to control imports of cheap goods.
(=laws which reduce or limit the amount of imports)· Severe import controls were introduced.
(=not do something, even though you have an impulse to do it)· Derek resisted the impulse to eat any more cake.
(=prevent it from increasing more)· These measures are designed to curb inflation.
 a certain feeling of loss of control
 When a person is ill, the body’s natural defence mechanisms come into operation.
· Some people have trouble controlling their hand movements.
· The water company is failing to control pollution.
· Effective pollution control was not being undertaken.
(=controlling how many children people have)· It is argued that population control is essential to limit the depletion of natural resources.
 It all comes down to who holds the purse strings.
· The authorities failed to regain control of the situation.
 Hughes believes that immigration controls should not be relaxed.
· All officers are trained in riot control.
 The truck ran out of control and hit a house.
 The rebels have seized power.
· The school was no longer under their sole control.
 Crime has spiraled out of control.
· There must be strict control of local government spending.
law (=an illegal drug)· He was charged with possessing a controlled substance.
 The communists took power in 1948. Youngsters need to take control of their own lives.
· She tried to speak calmly and control her temper.
 The government is keeping tight control on immigration.
 The media is tightly controlled in some countries.
 I’m glad to see that you have everything under control.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· It was carefully controlled by time and by geography - a day divided into three eight-hour slots.· As an alternative to episiotomy, the delivery of the head can be carefully controlled.· The patient's respiratory function is carefully controlled and monitored by the anaesthetist throughout the patient's stay in theatre.· He has a new media coach and his public appearances have been carefully controlled.· There was no secrecy about its contents, although it is delivered in limited and carefully controlled amounts.
· They include giving local forces more control over how they spend money and deploy resources.· By early 1954, the Viet Minh controlled over half the countryside.· We have further increased diversity by: Giving schools control over their own budgets and encouraging new types of school.· I could be happy staying here where you have-more command and control over what goes on around you.· The higher, reasoning brain has handed control over to the instinctive brain.· The downside is that parents lose control over how their kids can spend that money when they turn 18.· Police controls over such gatherings had to be exercised on the spot, rather than in advance.· Managers, supervisors, and the company personnel department will have much less control over hiring decisions.
NOUN
· It has also shown that they are most effective in situations of crisis because of their ability to initiate and control social interactions.· This rewarded not production but the ability to control production.· The other facet of the relationship is the ability to control subordinates.· Expanded research is needed to better understand these events and enhance our ability to predict and control these infections.· Even when it was defined as the ability to change or control the behaviour of others they felt it was inappropriate.· We have the ability to monitor and control our manpower extremely efficiently be it in terms of numbers, pay or potential or whatever.· Many people are negative about their ability to control their diet.· We also have, for the first time, the ability to control colour mixing through understanding.
· Legislation to control mining activity is expected to follow.· Budgets are among the most widely used devices for controlling and coordinating the activities of an organization.· Added to the pressure of development is the lack of a single authority controlling activities in estuarine areas.· Or does performance require a small set of individuals coordinating and controlling the activities of larger numbers of other people?· One possibility is that there are master genes whose products control the activity of many others.· This enabled them to control the activities of people who did not expect the Navigation Acts to be taken seriously.· The LANtastic Network Manager window is displayed only on servers, and is used to control network activities.· Cells thus provide the key to understanding development because their behaviour brings about embryonic development and is controlled by gene activity.
· Added to the pressure of development is the lack of a single authority controlling activities in estuarine areas.· Classical music was, to begin with, a similarly less controlled area.
· I was involved in an attempt to control mosquitoes by genetic techniques some 12 years ago.· Most Republicans hailed the bill as a reasonable attempt to control costs for businesses, hospitals, insurance companies and ultimately consumers.· Both authors used steroids in an attempt to control the disease process, with some success.· Will the spirit of the constitution justify this attempt to control its words?· It is an attempt to address who controls what is in the production chain of a commodity.· In 1926 the city annexed Watts in an attempt to control black migration into the area.· Instead, it should be seen as a successful attempt to control speeds which would reach unacceptable levels if left unchecked.· My father made no attempt ever to control his rages even though he knew his condition.
· If, however, the authorities were to control interest rates, the supply curve might become downward sloping.· It is up to local school authorities to adopt rules controlling the use of such leaves.· The Department of the Environment said it was looking at the legal position of local authorities wanting to control parties.· Educational authorities can control what subjects are taught, what the textbooks contain, and even what the teachers say and do.· The Soviet authorities strictly controlled all telecommunications.· I just want the authority to control my own life.· Added to the pressure of development is the lack of a single authority controlling activities in estuarine areas.· The school argued that its authority to control the curriculum should include extracurricular and co-curricular activities.
· Eventually, it will also be able to control its own behaviour.· It follows from the foregoing observations that a knowledge of right and wrong has of itself no power to control behaviour.· Hundreds of genes probably control most behaviour patterns.· Drugs used to control behaviour, such as amphetamine derivatives, can be continued during the diet.· Many of these children are put on drugs to help control their behaviour.· Of course all adults should be expected to control their own behaviour while on a flight.· Organizations have traditionally relied on structure and threats of insecurity to control the behaviour of employees.· Even when it was defined as the ability to change or control the behaviour of others they felt it was inappropriate.
· Railways, airlines, banks, and insurance companies are all controlled by the central regime.· The company controls about 75 percent of the Czech tobacco market.· The few companies that control the brands make the real profits.· Fewer than two dozen large, politically powerful companies control delivery of most of the news and information we receive.· No licence for setting up a joint-venture company is required unless the company will be controlled by non-residents.· The combined company will control more than 5, 900 megawatts of electric-generating capacity worldwide.
· Mr Ballantyne said that he ran out of a drug used to control Mr Stockton's epileptic fits.· Many of these children are put on drugs to help control their behaviour.· He was given drugs which controlled this well and had no more health problems for the next four years.· Chronic conditions like diabetes or arthritis require medical treatment including drugs to control them.· Doctors may prescribe anti-inflammatory drugs to control both inflammation and pain.· If this drug fails to control the diabetes than a more potent preparation such as glibenclamide may be required.
· He also promised to let the ruble float, giving up all efforts to control its rate against the dollar.· In an effort to control the situation, Sally and Bruno had attempted different approaches.· We redoubled our efforts to control the flood of water that gushes down our field from the mountains behind.· Supporters of this kind of regulatory machismo held out hope that this agreement will revolutionize our efforts to control tobacco.· In a voice that shook in spite of her efforts to control it, she asked if she could see Mrs Blessington-Dalrymple.· As the number of blacks increased alarmingly in the colonies, some southern colonists made efforts to control the slave trade.· It is expected to say that tobacco companies have deliberately thwarted international efforts to control the sale of cigarettes.
· Ballvalves A ballvalve controls the flow of water into a cistern.· I usually posted myself then at a busy intersection where a traffic light controlled commuter flow from Newark.· The machine is fitted with a computerised management system to control stock flow.· They controlled the flow of whatever it was the people needed or thought they needed or were persuaded they needed.· But Duran's failure to control his cash flow had him ducking under the ropes again 18 months later.· The outcome demonstrates just how difficult it is becoming for national regulators to control the flow of information.· Interface-the circuit, or physical connection, which controls the flow of data between a computer and its peripherals.· The child is not capable of controlling this flow and will show staining of his or her pants.
· Fourth, the new media make it far more difficult for a government to control the information available to its citizens.· Today, the government wishes to control local borrowing as part of the attempt to limit the total of public spending.· In the United States the government has attempted to control monopoly primarily in two ways.· A major theme in local government is to control the power of the professional.· The Arizona state government in Phoenix now controls much of what Pima County can do.· Police actions are frequently directed by ruling politicians and the government controls the legislation which grants the army immunity.· Important resources were located nearby in Jaipur: merchants, wool depots, veterinary hospitals and various government agencies to control migration.
· It will produce the hard data needed to analyse resource utilisation and will trigger an alarm mechanism allowing managers to control access.· Physiological mechanisms which control the population dynamics are also subject to variation and selection.· Instead they prefer simply to tinker with the particular mechanisms advocated for controlling corporate managerial power.· Any sense that directorates are a mechanism to control and constrain doctors is likely to provoke problems.· The company fears that uranium dust sealed inside the machine could jam the mechanism that controls the shutters.· Prominent among the protective mechanisms that are controlled by nociceptive neurones is the microcirculation of the gastric mucosa.· However, it was also shown that this gate mechanism was controlled by impulses descending from the brain.
· It had been found difficult to control money supply and to keep it within target ranges.· Inevitably he ended up controlling their money, and with it their lives.· It has been suggested that the methods of controlling the money supply were at fault.· Prosecutors said Bailey already controlled enough money for the two of them.· Repos are used by central banks to control funds in money markets and fine-tune interest rates.· He stared at the old stooped man with the thinning grey hair and bushy walrus moustache who controlled the nation's money.· The Republican Congress controlled the money and it saw no pressing reason to spend it on any of those courses.
· This reputation could be tarnished if adequate steps are not taken to control the rodent population.· The first was the discovery that parasites can control populations and cause them to go in cycles.· To the outsider, the civilian, beat work was directed at controlling the street population.· Physiological mechanisms which control the population dynamics are also subject to variation and selection.· A psychological war is going on, one that controls the population by disrupting communities and instilling a climate of mistrust.· Lotka and Volterra were interested in knowing whether parasites could stably control populations of hosts.· Shooting is often proposed as a method of controlling the fox population.· In contrast to this, extrinsic factors like food supply and predation are held by other workers to control the population cycles.
· It follows from the foregoing observations that a knowledge of right and wrong has of itself no power to control behaviour.· And even where unions still do exist, they have lost much of their power to control wages or negotiate working conditions.· But the political authorities still of course have considerable power to control the railways.· Skiing is vigorous exercise, and it takes muscle power to control your skis on a downhill run.· However, as we have seen, central government has always had power to control capital spending and still does.· These demanding children know that they have the power to control their parents.· No form of monitoring is effective unless there is implicit within the manager's power an ability to control and introduce change.· No mercy, no power but its own controls it.
· The crystalline post is controlled by special bond chemistry under controlled process conditions.· Who is controlling the editorial process?· Both authors used steroids in an attempt to control the disease process, with some success.· Who controls the budgetary process itself and what means do they use to do so? 5.· This information could then be used by those controlling the production process to take appropriate corrective action.· They are evaluated and yet play no part in defining the criteria, determining the methods, or controlling the process.· It has been clear for some time that the demands of the arms control process would increasingly dominate military planning.· Give illustrations of how the behaviour of individuals can affect the planning and control process.
· It had been found difficult to control money supply and to keep it within target ranges.· The Fed sets monetary policy by controlling short-term inter-est rates and by trying to control the supply of money.· It has been suggested that the methods of controlling the money supply were at fault.· She does not simply restore plant life, but teaches the secrets of agriculture, giving humans control over their food supply.· To talk about controlling the money supply is too vague.· What are the limitations on these methods of controlling the money supply?· Why does an unstable demand for money make it difficult to control the supply of money?
· I now turn to the third of my questions: what controls the whole system?· It is a political project exhibiting all the characteristics of a centrally controlled socialist economic system.· Conclusion Our results support Internet-based prescription of sildenafil utilizing a physician designed and controlled information and decision system.· They are used to trying to control systems where accurate calculation of the best solution is either impossible or takes too long.· The Cutler Toy Company will be used to illustrate the use of a short-term financial planning and control system.· Ensure that you are familiar with any heating controls the system may have such as a time clock or programmer.
· This is how I put it: Andrew has not yet learned to control his temper.· I just sat there stewing in the front seat, trying to control my temper and figure out what had gone wrong.· It had been with supreme effort that he had controlled his temper.· In fact, I sometimes wondered how I controlled my temper when I was in his presence.· In complete contrast to Laura, Bernard had never seen the need to control his temper.· In the last eight months of the marriage, he couldn't control his temper.· If you can't control your temper you'd better go down to the canteen and help yourself to a drink.
VERB
· What element of the monetary system should the government seek to control?· Mr Morgado said that the group would seek a controlling interest in companies and that it would play an operating role.· Only through unity and collective resistance can these people stand up to the powerful interests that seek to control their lives.· There are too many forces we do not control - nor indeed seek to control.· For the old polycentric system of the Council they sought to substitute departments controlled by ministers.· Such an immaculately synchronised performance between two figures seeks totally to control and condition our attention.· Accordingly, they can be ignored by monetary authorities seeking to control the overall price level.· It is because the men here are too often afraid of women and seek to control them.
· She was trying to control him, like all women he had known.· The more I try to control my panic, the worse it becomes.· The more we try to control nature, the more fearful we are that nature will answer our interference with violence.· He is unable to repeat his success. all possible combinations are not tried in a controlled manner.· If the pack has become too big and unmanageable, the dominant male must spend all his time trying to control it.· When making bread, you try to control only one kind of organism.· Maybe I wasn't fully asleep - you know that half-waking state where you try to control the direction of your dream?· Any U.S. city trying to control development needs luck.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • As a principal, he assumes responsibility for the performance of the entire transportation contract.
  • But you know already that I am not the sort to assume responsibility for my inconsistencies.
  • Given a chance to assume responsibility, many do.
  • In 1991 it assumed responsibility for its own catering, with total revenue increasing by 60 percent partly as a result.
  • It was still unclear last night, however, which party would assume control of the House.
  • Then on 13 January 1972 the army dismissed Busia; a group of officers led by Colonel Acheampong assumed control.
  • Virgin Trains says it would be prepared to assume responsibility for the state of the track over which its trains run.
  • Zajedno leaders say they will assume control of Nis city hall next Monday.
  • Some bosses are control freaks, while others are too unclear about what they want from you.
  • Am I a control freak just because I want a little order in my life?
  • Dials twitch in the control panel at the sound of it.
  • He hopes, for instance, that instrument panels have not changed much in the last fifty years.
  • I settled on one of the gauges on the instrument panel in front of me.
  • On Windows 95, go to control panel, then keyboard, then languages, then properties, and there choose Dvorak.
  • Reaching to the control panel, he flipped the auto-pilot to the off position.
  • That big control panel with all the handles and cranks.
  • The instrument panel looked complicated, but all the switches were neatly marked.
  • For the next year the Republican government was obliged to struggle to reassert its authority.
  • Governments will reassert their control over corporations when people reassert their control over governments.
  • Historians are divided into two viewpoints about the Tsars ability to reassert his power and avoid revolution.They are the optimists and pessimists.
  • Louis the Pious, taking Charles with him, moved quickly to reassert his control.
  • The battered Premier was today desperately trying to reassert his authority after Mr Lamont's devastating attack.
  • In order to transfer control to a new sequence of instructions, a new value must be deposited in the program counter.
  • Managers are frequently willing to transfer responsibility for performing certain tasks, particularly under supervision.
  • Pairs of jump instructions were provided to transfer control to the left- or right-hand instruction of a specified store location.
  • The innovation of transferring responsibility to an indigenous anti-Communist corps had been started too late.
  • They also achieve another prime objective of Conservative Governments, which is to transfer power from the state to the people.
  • Yet he is ahead of many heavily funded university labs in attempting to transfer control from humans to machines.
Word family
WORD FAMILYadjectivecontrollingcontrollable ≠ uncontrollablecontrolled ≠ uncontrollednouncontrolcontrollerverbcontroladverbuncontrollably
1power to have the power to make the decisions about how a country, place, company etc is organized or what it does:  The Democrats continued to control the Senate until last year. a huge company controlling half the world’s coffee tradeLabour-/Republican-/Democrat- etc controlled2limit to limit the amount or growth of something, especially something that is dangerous:  a chemical used to control weeds an economic plan to control inflation Development in areas of outstanding natural beauty is strictly controlled. Strict measures were taken to control the spread of foot and mouth disease.3make somebody/something do what you want to make someone or something do what you want, or make something happen in the way that you want:  Police had to be called in to control the crowds. a skilled rider controlling a spirited horse4emotion if you control your emotions, your voice, your expression etc, you succeed in behaving calmly and sensibly, even though you feel angry, upset, or excited:  Sarah took a deep breath, trying to control her anger. He controlled the urge to laugh.control yourself Newman controlled himself with an effort.5machine/process/system to make a machine, process, or system work in a particular way:  a radio-controlled toy car A thermostat controls the temperature in the building.control how/what/which etc The valves in the heart control how quickly the blood is pumped around the body.6check something to make sure that something is done correctly SYN  check, monitor:  The company strictly controls the quality of its products.THESAURUScontrol to have power over a country, place, company etc, and decide what happens there: · The Democrats controlled the US Congress.· Government forces now control the city.run to make the important everyday decisions concerning a company, organization, country etc, so that it can continue to operate: · He runs a software company in New York.· The parents want to run the school themselves.· The government is unfit to run the country.· The charity runs a medical clinic in one of the poorest parts of the city.be in charge of somebody/something to have control over something, or responsibility for a group of people: · She is in charge of training new employees.· I left him in charge of the children while I was out.manage to be in charge of a company, especially one that someone else owns: · In 1963, she opened a furniture store, and her son has managed it since 1985.be in power if a group or leader is in power, they have political control of a country: · Abe resigned after less than a year in power.· It was the first time a democratically elected government had been in power.rule if a leader or political group rules a country, they have political control of that country: · President Assad ruled the country for almost 30 years.· The same party has ruled Japan for many years.supervise to be in charge of a group of workers or students and make sure that they do their work properly: · Professor Braude supervised the research team.· He’s supervising the building work.
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