control noun
1 power over sb/sth
ADJ. absolute, complete, full, total | effective, proper | close, strict Weeds should be kept under strict control. | direct | government, parental, political, state
VERB + CONTROL have | assume, establish, gain, get, take, win A military junta took control of the country. | keep, maintain, retain She struggled to keep control of her voice. | lose, relinquish He lost control of the car when he swerved to avoid a cyclist. | wrest attempts to wrest control of the town from government forces | get out of, go out of The car went out of control on the icy road. | re-establish, regain Enemy forces have now regained control of the area. | give sb/sth The idea is to give councils full control of their own budgets. | exercise, exert Editors do not exercise control over large sections of their newspapers. | bring/get sth under They soon got the situation under control.
PREP. beyond/outside your ~ Parking is outside my control. | in ~ (of) The elected government is back in control. | out of ~ I had this feeling that things were out of control. | under (sb's) ~ Everything is under control The department was under the control of Bryce Thompson. | ~ over They have little control over that side of the business.
PHRASES circumstances beyond sb's control The event has been cancelled due to circumstances beyond our control.
2 limiting/managing sth
ADJ. air-traffic, arms, birth, budgetary, cost, crowd, gun, pest, pollution, quality, rent, social, stock, traffic The police are experts in crowd control.
3 (usuallycontrols) method of limiting/managing sth
ADJ. strict, stringent, tight, tough | lax | border, export, price calls for tougher export controls
VERB + CONTROL impose, introduce The government has imposed strict controls on new building. | tighten The country has tightened its border controls. | ease, relax plans to relax price controls | lift, remove
PREP. ~ on They have introduced controls on public spending.
4 for operating a machine
ADJ. remote | volume
VERB + CONTROL take Once we were in the air, I was allowed to take the controls.
CONTROL + NOUN panel
PREP. at the ~s Chief Air Officer Sedley was at the controls of the Boeing 707.
control verb
ADV. carefully, strictly, tightly Conditions in the greenhouse are carefully controlled. Expenditure within the company is tightly controlled. | effectively, properly | centrally, directly
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