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Latest revision as of 01:10, 24 October 2013 English[edit] Etymology[edit] From Middle English conterrolle, from Old French contrerole, from Medieval Latin contrarotulum ("a counter-roll or register used to verify accounts"), from Latin contra ("against, opposite") + Medieval Latin rotulus, Latin rotula ("roll, a little wheel"), diminutive of rota ("a wheel"). Pronunciation[edit] control (third-person singular simple present controls, present participle controlling, simple past and past participle controlled) - To exercise influence over, to suggest or dictate the behavior of, oversit.
- With a simple remote, he could control the toy truck.
- 2013 May 17, George Monbiot, "Money just makes the rich suffer", The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 23, page 19:
- In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […] The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra–wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised.
Synonyms[edit] Derived terms[edit] Related terms[edit] Translations[edit] to exercise influence over, to suggest or dictate the behavior of - Basque: kontrolatu
- Bulgarian: контролирам (bg) (kontrolíram), управлявам (bg) (upravljávam)
- Catalan: controlar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 控制 (zh) (kòngzhì), 管制 (zh) (guǎnzhì)
- Czech: řídit (cs), ovládat
- Danish: styre (da) (Do not confuse with kontrollere (da), which means to check and/or to verify)
- Dutch: besturen (nl), beheersen (nl) (in modern usage also controleren (nl), though this is still considered an anglicism by many)
- Finnish: hallita (fi), ohjata (fi), kontrolloida, varmistaa (fi), valvoa (fi)
- French: contrôler (fr)
- Galician: controlar
- German: steuern (de), kontrollieren (de)
- Greek: ελέγχω (el) (eléncho)
- Gujarati: niyantran
- Haitian Creole: kontwole
- Hebrew: לשלוט (lishlot')
- Hindi: niyantran
- Hungarian: szabályoz (hu), korlátoz (hu), kontrollál
| | - Indonesian: mengendalikan, mengontrol
- Italian: controllare (it), influenzare
- Japanese: 制御する (ja) (せいぎょする, seigyo-suru), 支配する (ja) (しはいする, shihai-suru), コントロールする (ja) (kontorōru-suru)
- Korean: 조절하다 (ko) (jo-jeol-ha-da), 통제하다 (tong-je-ha-da)
- Latin: impero (la), teneo (la)
- Malay: mengawal, menguasai
- Maori: whakamatua
- Polish: kontrolować, sterować, zarządzać, nadzorować
- Portuguese:
- (Brazil): controlar
- Romanian: a comanda, a controla
- Russian: управлять (ru) (upravlját') impf., контролировать (ru) (kontrolírovat') impf.
- Scottish Gaelic: srian, ceannsaich
- Spanish: controlar (es)
- Swedish: kontrollera (sv)
- Telugu: నియంత్రించు (niyamtrinchu)
- Tok Pisin: bosim
- Turkish: kontrol etmek (tr), kumanda etmek (tr)
- Urdu: qaboo krna
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control (countable and uncountable, plural controls) - (countable, uncountable) Influence or authority over.
- The government has complete control over the situation.
- A separate group or subject in an experiment against which the results are compared where the primary variable is low or non-existent.
- The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.
- Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
- 2012 October 24, John Branch, "Snow Fall : The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek", New York Times:
- She had no control of her body as she tumbled downhill. She did not know up from down. It was not unlike being cartwheeled in a relentlessly crashing wave.
- 2013 June 21, Oliver Burkeman, "The tao of tech", The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 27:
- The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […], or offering services that let you […] "share the things you love with the world" and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention.
- A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities; a safeguard or countermeasure.
- (project management) A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not going according to plan.
- A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)
- (graphical user interface) An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box.
Synonyms[edit] Derived terms[edit] Terms derived from control (noun) Related terms[edit] Translations[edit] graphical user interface element - The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.
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Catalan[edit] Etymology[edit] From French contrôle. control m (plural controls) - control
- check, inspection
- influence, authority
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Spanish[edit] control m (plural controles) - control, or running of a business
- control of a machine
- control or emotional restraint, self-control
- remote control
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