control
/kənˈtɹoʊl/ verb B1- To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of. · With a simple remote, he could control the toy truck.
- (construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or more variables are reduced or eliminated.
- To hold in check, to curb, to restrain.
He/she/it controls · Past controlled · Past participle controlled · -ing form controlling
Verb forms
- Base form
- control
- He/she/it
- controls
- Past
- controlled
- Past participle
- controlled
- -ing form
- controlling
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
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It is better that I should ask them here than that the matter should pass outside our control.”
“I suppose you’re homesick--some people have so little self-control in that respect.
de Boville’s countenance, yet he made an effort at self-control, and said:
The abbé opened his mouth, hesitated for a moment, then, making an effort at self-control, he said, “And Mercédès—they tell me that she has disappeared?”
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