control
- noun
- /kənˈtroʊl/
- The technician adjusted the settings on the control panel to optimize the machine's performance.
- remote control
- control system
- temperature control
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Watch on YouTubeYou and cat are not on cruise control yet, right?
- You and cat are not on cruise control yet, right?
- I've got the TV remote control calculator camera.
Examples
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We looked at high-reliability systems: power grids, air traffic control, and aircraft carriers.
Academic text (2015) -
This is the remote control of the universe.
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And you need to go up to device control and press A.
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This right here is the remote control of our society.
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And it's all sophisticated command and control stuff, plus guidance.
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Do something with these controls!
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A digital communications link provides control of vehicle functions using three continuous video channels.
Academic text (2008) -
And you can do all of these same controls on the earbuds.
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You're gonna get in the control tower at the Bryant Park station.
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Ground control will regain failsafe control remotely in 10 minutes.
Synonyms
A small device you use to control a TV or other machine from a distance
A device that makes a machine or system work correctly
A device that keeps pressure, temperature, or speed steady
A device that controls a machine's speed by changing its fuel or power
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To manage money for a household or group and decide how to spend it
Compounds
- Specialized
A room where people watch and control machines like cameras or power equipment
Being able to stop yourself from acting on strong feelings or wants when it is hard
Actions to limit the bad effects of a problem, for example to protect a reputation
- Specialized
A small medicine tablet with hormones a woman takes to prevent pregnancy
- Formal
Rules that limit a country's weapons and armed forces, often agreed between countries
- Specialized
A process that checks and tests products to keep them at the correct standard
- Specialized
A flat board with switches and dials that people use to run and check machines
A U.S. government health agency that studies and prevents diseases
A government limit on the highest price stores can charge for goods or services
An automatic system in a car that keeps a steady speed without pressing the pedal
- Specialized
A tall airport building with glass where people watch and direct planes
- Specialized
The ways a group or society uses rules and pressure to make people behave
- Literature
A military boundary between the Indian and Pakistani parts of Jammu and Kashmir
- Specialized
An experiment that keeps everything the same except one thing to compare results
- Specialized
A computer system on a plane or drone that automatically keeps it steady and guides it
- Specialized
A system in a company that makes sure people follow rules, protects money, and stops stealing and mistakes
- Specialized
A metal rod inserted into a nuclear reactor to absorb neutrons and slow the reaction
- Informal
A flat panel with switches and dials used to operate and check electric equipment
- Specialized
A group in an experiment that does not receive the treatment and is used for comparison
- Specialized
A central system that watches and controls many operations in real time
- Specialized
An electrical part that manages how a machine like a motor works by changing electric signals
- Specialized
A movable part on a plane that the pilot moves to steer or keep it steady
- Specialized
A feature in a computer program that manages how data are recorded, processed and sent
- Specialized
A quick operation to stop bleeding, keep wounds clean, and make a very badly injured patient stable before full repair
- Offensive
A bomb you can make explode from far away using a small device you hold
- Specialized
A system that finds and aims weapons at military targets on ships or tanks
- Specialized
A system that uses radio waves to aim and fire weapons at military targets
- Specialized
A key on a computer keyboard that you press with other keys to do special actions
- Specialized
A hidden computer symbol used to tell a program how to show or move text
- Specialized
A set of rules used on the internet to send data reliably between computers
- Specialized
A set of rules that let computers on different networks send data over the Internet
- Specialized
An account in the main ledger that shows the total of many smaller accounts to check the totals
- Specialized
An action that starts, changes, or stops a device working with data
A person who works to make birth control and planning for children more accepted
A person who works to make birth control and family planning easier to get
- Specialized
A way to avoid pregnancy by tracking a woman's periods and avoiding sex on days when she can get pregnant
- Specialized
A computer character typed with the control key that tells a program to make a new line or tab
- Specialized
A set of computer commands that tell an operating system which tasks to run
- Formal
Actions that police or soldiers take to stop and control a violent crowd during a riot
How Adjustable
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Control comes from the idea of checking a list, from contra 'against' and roll 'a list'. So a control on a machine is a part you use to check and change how it works.