📒 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.