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📖 Определения и значения для слова control

📒 the power to make decisions about how a country, an area, an organization, etc. is run

  • control of somebody/something The party expects to gain control of the council in the next election.
  • Militants have taken control of the town.
  • The Democrats have lost control of Congress.

📒 the ability to make somebody/something do what you want

  • control over somebody/something The teacher had no control over the children.
  • He fought hard to retain control over his work.
  • control of something She struggled to keep control of her voice.

📒 the act of limiting or managing something; a method of doing this

  • traffic control
  • talks on arms control
  • controls on something tight controls on government spending

📒 the switches and buttons, etc. that you use to operate a machine or a vehicle

  • the controls of an aircraft
  • the control panel
  • the volume control of a TV

📒 a person, thing or group used as a standard of comparison for checking the results of a scientific experiment; an experiment whose result is known, used for checking working methods

  • The study showed that women with the disease have had fewer children than the controls.
  • One group was treated with the new drug, and the control group was given a sugar pill.

📒 a place where orders are given or where checks are made; the people who work in this place

  • We went through passport control and into the departure lounge.

📒 (on a computer keyboard) a key that you press when you want to perform a particular operation

📒 to direct or manage an organization, an area or a situation

  • He's reached retiring age, but he's still firmly in control.
  • There has been some violence after the match, but the police are now in control of the situation.
  • The elected government is back in control.

📒 to be able to organize your life well and keep calm

  • In spite of all her family problems, she's really in control.

📒 to be or become impossible to manage or to control

  • The children are completely out of control since their father left.
  • A truck ran out of control on the hill.
  • The car went out of control on the icy road.

📒 to be being dealt with successfully

  • Don't worry—everything's under control!

📒 to succeed in dealing with something so that it does not cause any damage or hurt anyone

  • It took two hours to bring the fire under control.
  • Please keep your dog under control!
  • They soon got the situation under control.
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