Control Extra Examples Government Lost Kənˈtrəʊl Enemy Car

• the party expects to gain control of the council in the next election.
• militants have taken control of the town.
• the democrats have lost control of congress.
• a military junta seized control of the country.

control

1. the power to make decisions about how a country, an area, an organization, etc. is run
• The party expects to gain control of the council in the next election.
• Militants have taken control of the town.
• The Democrats have lost control of Congress.
• A military junta seized control of the country.
• The founders eventually regained control of the company.
• He defended the tradition of civilian control over the military.
• The city is in the control of enemy forces.
• The area remains under international control.

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• Editors do not exercise control over large sections of their newspapers.
• Enemy forces have now regained control of the area.
• He wants to hand over control of social security to the private sector.
• Parking is outside my control.
• The department was under the control of Bryce Thompson.
• The idea is to give councils full control of their own budgets.
• They have little control over that side of the business.
• attempts to wrest control of the town from government forces
• government plans to centralize control of schools
• The family has sold most of its shares and will lose control of the company.
• The city is under enemy control.
2. the ability to make somebody/something do what you want
• SEE ALSO self-control
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/self-control
• The teacher had no control over the children.
• He fought hard to retain control over his work.
• She struggled to keep control of her voice.
• She lost control of her car on the ice.
• He got so angry he lost control (= shouted and said or did things he would not normally do).
• Owing to circumstances beyond our control, the flight to Rome has been cancelled.
• The situation is under control.
• The coach made the team work hard on ball control (= in a ball game).

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• The aim is to give people more control over their own lives.
• He lost control of the car when he swerved to avoid a bicycle.
• The event has been cancelled due to circumstances beyond our control.
3. the act of limiting or managing something; a method of doing this
• SEE ALSO birth control
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/birth-control
• traffic control
• talks on arms control
• tight controls on government spending
• Price controls on food were ended.
• exciting advances in the control of malaria
• state control of the economy
• It was an exercise in damage control (= trying to prevent further damage).
• A pest control officer was called in to deal with the rat problem.

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• calls for tougher export controls
• Many teenagers have poor impulse control.
• plans to relax price controls
• the water pressure control valve
• They have introduced controls on public spending.
• The government has imposed strict controls on new building.
• The country has tightened its border controls.
• New crime control measures have failed.
• The police are experts in crowd control.
• A new advance has been made in the control of malaria.
• government controls on trade and industry
4. the switches and buttons, etc. that you use to operate a machine or a vehicle
• SEE ALSO cruise control
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/cruise-control
• the controls of an aircraft
• the control panel
• the volume control of a TV
• The co-pilot was at the controls when the plane landed.

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• Chief Air Officer Sedley was at the controls of the Boeing 707.
• Once we were in the air, I was allowed to take the controls.
• a programmable control unit
5. a person, thing or group used as a standard of comparison for checking the results of a scientific experiment; an experiment whose result is known, used for checking working methods
• The study showed that women with the disease have had fewer children than the controls.
• One group was treated with the new drug, and the control group was given a sugar pill.
6. a place where orders are given or where checks are made; the people who work in this place
• SEE ALSO air traffic control
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/air-traffic-control
• We went through passport control and into the departure lounge.
7. (on a computer keyboard) a key that you press when you want to perform a particular operation
8. to direct or manage an organization, an area or a situation
• He's reached retiring age, but he's still firmly in control.
• There has been some violence after the match, but the police are now in control of the situation.
• The elected government is back in control.
9. to be able to organize your life well and keep calm
• In spite of all her family problems, she's really in control.
10. to be or become impossible to manage or to control
• The children are completely out of control since their father left.
• A truck ran out of control on the hill.

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• The car went out of control on the icy road.
• I had this feeling that things were out of control.
11. to be being dealt with successfully
• Don't worry—everything's under control!
12. to succeed in dealing with something so that it does not cause any damage or hurt anyone
• It took two hours to bring the fire under control.
• Please keep your dog under control!

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• They soon got the situation under control.
• Weeds should be kept under strict control.

Word Origin

• late Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘check or verify accounts’, especially by referring to a duplicate register): from Anglo-Norman French contreroller ‘keep a copy of a roll of accounts’, from medieval Latin contrarotulare, from contrarotulus ‘copy of a roll’, from contra- ‘against’ + rotulus ‘a roll’. The noun is perhaps via French contrôle.