control
noun
[ kənˈtrəʊl ]
• the power to influence or direct people's behaviour or the course of events.
• "the whole operation is under the control of a production manager"
Similar:
jurisdiction,
sway,
power,
authority,
command,
dominance,
domination,
government,
mastery,
leadership,
rule,
reign,
sovereignty,
supremacy,
ascendancy,
predominance,
hegemony,
charge,
management,
direction,
guidance,
supervision,
superintendence,
oversight,
influence,
prepotence,
prepotency,
prepollency,
• a person or thing used as a standard of comparison for checking the results of a survey or experiment.
• "platelet activity was higher in patients with the disease than in the controls"
• a member of an intelligence organization who personally directs the activities of a spy.
• "he sat with his KGB control as the details of his new assignment were explained"
• a high card that will prevent the opponents from establishing a particular suit.
• "he has controls in both minor suits"
control
verb
• determine the behaviour or supervise the running of.
• "he was appointed to control the company's marketing strategy"
Similar:
be in charge of,
run,
be in control of,
manage,
direct,
administer,
head,
preside over,
have authority over,
supervise,
superintend,
oversee,
guide,
steer,
command,
rule,
govern,
lead,
dominate,
reign over,
hold sway over,
hegemonize,
be at the helm,
be the boss,
head up,
call the shots,
call the tune,
be in the driving seat,
be in the saddle,
run the show,
pull the strings,
rule the roost,
hold the purse strings,
wear the trousers,
• take into account (an extraneous factor that might affect the results of an experiment).
• "no attempt was made to control for variations"
Origin:
late Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘check or verify accounts’, especially by referring to a duplicate register): from Anglo-Norman French contreroller ‘keep a copy of a roll of accounts’, from medieval Latin contrarotulare, from contrarotulus ‘copy of a roll’, from contra- ‘against’ + rotulus ‘a roll’. The noun is perhaps via French contrôle .
