Definitions
1.VerbTo exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of."With a simple remote, he could control the toy truck."
2.Verb(construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or more variables are reduced or eliminated.
3.VerbTo verify the accuracy of (something or someone, especially a financial account) by comparison with another account.
4.VerbTo call to account, to take to task, to challenge.
5.VerbTo hold in check, to curb, to restrain.
6.NounAn influence or authority over something."The government has complete control over the situation."
7.NounThe method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.
8.NounRestraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
9.NounA security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities; a safeguard or countermeasure.
10.NounA means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not going according to plan.
11.NounA control group or control experiment.
12.NounA duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
13.NounAn interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box.
14.NounAny of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such as latitude, distribution of land and water, altitude, exposure, prevailing winds, permanent high- or low-barometric-pressure areas, ocean currents, mountain barriers, soil, and vegetation.
15.NounA construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an expression in context. See control.
16.NounA spirit that takes possession of a psychic or medium and allows other spirits to communicate with the living.
17.NounA checkpoint along an audax route.