control : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a limitation on the size and armament of the armed forces of a country
  

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• noun ASCII characters to indicate carriage return or tab or backspace; typed by depressing a key and the control key at the same time
  ASCII control character.
  

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• adverb out of control
  out of hand.
  
  • the riots got out of hand

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• noun limiting the number of children born
  family planning; birth prevention.
  

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• noun an agent or device intended to prevent conception
  prophylactic device; contraceptive; preventive; contraceptive device; preventative.
  

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• noun a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception
  contraceptive pill; oral contraceptive pill; oral contraceptive; anovulatory drug; anovulant; pill.
  

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• noun a social reformer who advocates birth control and family planning
  birth-control campaigner.
  

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• noun a social reformer who advocates birth control and family planning
  birth-control campaigner.
  

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• six privy councilors formerly appointed to superintend the affairs of the British East Indies. Stormonth.

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• noun natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur 14 days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from day 10 through day 18 of her cycle)
  calendar method; calendar method of birth control; rhythm method; rhythm.
  

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• noun a federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services; located in Atlanta; investigates and diagnoses and tries to control or prevent diseases (especially new and unusual diseases)
  CDC.
  

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• noun an account that shows totals of amounts entered in a subsidiary ledger
  

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• noun electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices
  instrument panel; panel; board; control board.
  
  • he checked the instrument panel
  • suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree

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• noun the operational center for a group of related activities
  
  • the general in command never left the control center

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• noun ASCII characters to indicate carriage return or tab or backspace; typed by depressing a key and the control key at the same time
  ASCII control character.
  

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• noun a feedback circuit that subtracts from the input
  negative feedback circuit.
  

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• noun a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment
  control.
  
  • the control condition was inappropriate for the conclusions he wished to draw

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• noun an experiment designed to control for variables affecting the results of another experiment
  

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• noun someone with a compulsive desire to exert control over situations and people
  

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• noun an operation that controls the recording or processing or transmission of interpretation of data
  control function.
  
  • a control operation started the data processing

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• noun an electrode placed between the cathode and anode of a vacuum tube to control the flow of electrons through the tube
  grid.
  

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• noun (computer science) the key on a computer keyboard that is used (in combination with some other key) to type control characters
  command key.
  

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• noun an operation that controls the recording or processing or transmission of interpretation of data
  control function.
  
  • a control operation started the data processing

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• noun electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices
  instrument panel; panel; board; control board.
  
  • he checked the instrument panel
  • suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree

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• noun a steel or aluminum rod that can be moved up or down to control the rate of the nuclear reaction
  

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• noun a room housing control equipment (as in a recording studio)
  

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• noun a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane
  joystick; stick.
  

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• noun shares owned by shareholders who have a controlling interest
  

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• noun a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight
  airfoil; surface; aerofoil.
  

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• noun a system for controlling the operation of another system
  

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• noun a tower with an elevated workspace enclosed in glass for the visual observation of aircraft around an airport
  

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• noun a drug or chemical substance whose possession and use are controlled by law
  

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• noun ownership of more than 50% of a corporation's voting shares
  

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• noun activity of controlling a crowd
  

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• noun control mechanism for keeping an automobile at a set speed
  

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• noun an effort to minimize or curtail damage or loss
  

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• noun preparation for the delivery of shellfire on a target
  

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• noun naval radar that controls the delivery of fire on a military target
  

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• noun naval weaponry consisting of a system for controlling the delivery of fire on a military target
  

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• noun control from ground stations of airplanes in flight by means of messages transmitted to the pilot electronically
  

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• noun (engineering) the art or technique of trying to control rivers with dams etc in order to minimize the occurrence of floods
  

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• noun the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
  capture; seizure.
  

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• noun a communication system for sending continuous radio messages to an airplane pilot who is making a ground-controlled approach to landing
  

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• noun aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar
  GCA.
  

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• noun efforts to regulate or control sales of guns
  

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• noun an accounting procedure or system designed to promote efficiency or assure the implementation of a policy or safeguard assets or avoid fraud and error etc.
  

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• noun supervision of the supply and storage and accessibility of items in order to insure an adequate supply without excessive oversupply
  

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• noun a program that is called to prepare each job to be run
  

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• noun a problem-oriented language used to describe job requirements to an operating system
  

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• noun a 450-mile line that is supposed to indicate the boundary between the part of Kashmir controlled by India and the part controlled by Pakistan
  

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• adjective satellite operated by automation
  machine-driven; automated.
  
  • an automated stoker

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• noun an internal control performed by one or more managers
  

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• noun the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power
  occupation.
  

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• noun control of muscles
  

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• noun control over the growth of population; a government program
  

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• noun restriction on maximum prices that is established and maintained by the government (as during periods of war or inflation)
  

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• adjective satellite having the price regulated or controlled by government
  

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• noun maintenance of standards of quality of manufactured goods
  

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• adjective satellite operated and guided by radio
  
  • a radio-controlled airplane

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• noun an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control
  pilotless aircraft; drone.
  

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• noun a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance
  remote.
  
  • he lost the remote for his TV

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• noun a bomb that can be detonated by remote control
  

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• adjective lacking a crew
  unmanned.
  
  • an unmanned satellite to Mars

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• noun natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur 14 days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from day 10 through day 18 of her cycle)
  calendar method; calendar method of birth control; rhythm method; rhythm.
  

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• noun the measures taken to control a riot
  riot control.
  

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• noun the measures taken to control a riot
  riot control.
  

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• noun the act of denying yourself; controlling your impulses
  self-discipline; self-denial.
  
• noun the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior
  possession; will power; self-will; self-possession; willpower; self-command.
  

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Self`-con*trol" noun

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1. Control of one's self; restraint exercised over one's self; self-command.

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• noun control exerted (actively or passively) by group action
  

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• adjective satellite subscribing to the socialistic doctrine of ownership by the people collectively
  collectivised; collectivistic; collectivized; collectivist.
  

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• verb assume control
  take hold; take charge.
  

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• noun control of the flow of traffic in a building or a city
  

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• noun a protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another
  TCP.
  
  • TCP uses a retransmission strategy to insure that data will not be lost in transmission

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• noun a set of protocols (including TCP) developed for the internet in the 1970s to get data from one network device to another
  TCP/IP.
  

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• noun an agency of the United Nations that promotes drug control and crime prevention
  DCCP.
  

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