control
Handle and cause to function.
“control the lever”
Check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard.
“Are you controlling for the temperature?”
Have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of.
“Do you control these data?”
Exercise authoritative control or power over.
“control the budget”
Verify by using a duplicate register for comparison.
“control an account”
Lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits.
“control your anger”
Place under restrictions; limit access to by law.
“this substance is controlled”
Be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something.
“control the quality of the product”
Maintain influence over (others or oneself) skillfully, usually to one's advantage.
“She is a very controlling mother and doesn't let her children grow up”
Great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity.
A mechanism that controls the operation of a machine.
“the speed controller on his turntable was not working properly”
“I turned the controls over to her”
A relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another.
“measures for the control of disease”
“they instituted controls over drinking on campus”
A spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance.
(physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc.
“the timing and control of his movements were unimpaired”
“he had lost control of his sphincters”
Power to direct or determine.
“under control”
The activity of managing or exerting control over something.
“the control of the mob by the police was admirable”
The economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.
“they wanted to repeal all the legislation that imposed economic controls”
A standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment.
“the control condition was inappropriate for the conclusions he wished to draw”
Discipline in personal and social activities.
“she never lost control of herself”
The state that exists when one person or group has power over another.