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单词 control
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control

[ kuhn-trohl ]
/ kənˈtroʊl /
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verb (used with object), con·trolled, con·trol·ling.

noun

Verb Phrases

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

Origin of control

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

SYNONYMS FOR control

1 manage, govern, rule.
2 restrain, bridle, constrain.
6 management, government, reign, rule, mastery.
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synonym study for control

6. See authority.

OTHER WORDS FROM control

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Example sentences from the Web for control

  • Yes; over-controlling the stick, I was thinking of an airplane.

    Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
  • She didn't use "over-controlling" but put it in some other way.

    Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
  • He was having trouble operating the clutch, and over-controlling the stick, or the steering wheel.

    Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

British Dictionary definitions for control

control
/ (kənˈtrəʊl) /

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

noun

Derived forms of control

controllable, adjectivecontrollability or controllableness, nouncontrollably, adverb

Word Origin for control

C15: from Old French conteroller to regulate, from contrerolle duplicate register, system of checking, from contre- counter- + rolle roll
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with control

control

see out of control; spin control.

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Medical definitions for control

control
[ kən-trōl ]

v.

To verify or regulate a scientific experiment by conducting a parallel experiment or by comparing with another standard.
To hold in restraint; check.

n.

A standard of comparison for checking or verifying the results of an experiment.
An individual or group used as a standard of comparison in a control experiment.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

Scientific definitions for control

control
[ kən-trōl ]

A standard of comparison for checking or verifying the results of an experiment. In an experiment to test the effectiveness of a new drug, for example, one group of subjects (the control group) receives an inactive substance or placebo , while a comparison group receives the drug being tested.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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