Control Controlled I Company Government Children Multi National Based

• by the age of 21 he controlled the company.
• the whole territory is now controlled by the army.
• can't you control your children?
• a multi-national company based in britain but controlled from south africa

control

1. to have power over a person, company, country, etc. so that you are able to decide what they must do or how it is run
• By the age of 21 he controlled the company.
• The whole territory is now controlled by the army.
• Can't you control your children?
• a multi-national company based in Britain but controlled from South Africa
2. to limit something or make it happen in a particular way
• government attempts to control immigration
• Many biological processes are controlled by hormones.
• Try to control your breathing.
• Parents should control what their kids watch on television.
3. to stop something from spreading or getting worse
• Firefighters are still trying to control the blaze.
• She was given drugs to control the pain.
4. to make something, such as a machine or system, work in the way that you want it to
• This knob controls the volume.
• The traffic lights are controlled by a central computer.
5. to manage to make yourself remain calm, even though you are upset or angry
• I was so furious I couldn't control myself and I hit him.
• He was finding it difficult to control his feelings.

Extra Examples

• Conditions in the greenhouse are carefully controlled.
• Expenditure within the company is tightly controlled.
• The shutters can be electronically controlled.
• You can easily control the speed of the fan.
• Can’t you control your children?
• Each school is controlled by a Board of Governors.
• Government forces have proved incapable of controlling the rebels.
• He had an emergency operation in which surgeons attempted to control the bleeding.
• He was finding it hard to control his feelings.
• His diabetes can be controlled by diet.
• I was so furious I couldn’t control myself and I hit him.
• It is a multi-national company based in Britain but controlled from South Africa.
• Mounted police had been called to control the crowds.
• She was struggling to control her temper.
• Symptoms can be controlled in most patients.
• The National Bank is directly controlled by the government.
• The clerk could scarcely control his excitement.
• The clubs were found guilty of failing to control their fans.
• The government has announced new measures to control immigration
• This government has failed to control inflation.
• Time out is an effective way of controlling aggressive behaviour.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they control
• he / she / it controls
• past simple controlled
• past participle controlled
• -ing form controlling

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.