power to direct or determine;
"under control"
a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another;
"measures for the control of disease"
"they instituted controls over drinking on campus"
(physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc;
"the timing and control of his movements were unimpaired"
"he had lost control of his sphincters"
a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment;
"the control condition was inappropriate for the conclusions he wished to draw"
the activity of managing or exerting control over something;
"the control of the mob by the police was admirable"
the state that exists when one person or group has power over another;
"her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her"
discipline in personal and social activities;
"he was a model of polite restraint"
"she never lost control of herself"
great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity;
"a good command of French"
a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine;
"the speed controller on his turntable was not working properly"
"I turned the controls over to her"
a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance
the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.;
"they wanted to repeal all the legislation that imposed economic controls"