control

to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate: command.

The car is difficult to control at high speeds.

That zone is controlled by enemy troops.

Synonyms:

rule, govern, manage

to hold in check; curb.

to control a horse;

to control one's emotions.

Synonyms:

constrain, bridle, restrain

to test or verify (a scientific experiment) by a parallel experiment or other standard of comparison.

to eliminate or prevent the flourishing or spread of.

to control a forest fire.

Biology. (of an organism) to initiate an internal response to external stimuli.

Obsolete. to check or regulate (transactions), originally by means of a duplicate register.

the act or power of controlling; regulation; domination or command.

Who's in control here?

Synonyms:

mastery, rule, reign, dominion

the situation of being under the regulation, domination, or command of another.

The car is out of control.

check or restraint.

Her anger is under control.

a legal or official means of regulation or restraint.

to institute wage and price controls.

Statistics. control variable.

a person who acts as a check; controller.

a device for regulating and guiding a machine, as a motor or airplane.

controls, a coordinated arrangement of such devices.

prevention of the flourishing or spread of something undesirable.

rodent control.

Biology. an organism’s ability to initiate an internal response to external stimuli (distinguished from regulation).

Baseball. the ability of a pitcher to throw the ball into the strike zone consistently.

The rookie pitcher has great power but no control.

Philately. any device printed on a postage or revenue stamp to authenticate it as a government issue or to identify it for bookkeeping purposes.

a spiritual agency believed to assist a medium at a séance.

the supervisor to whom an espionage agent reports when in the field.

to command, direct, or rule

to control a country

to check, limit, curb, or regulate; restrain

to control one's emotions

to control a fire

to regulate or operate (a machine)

to verify (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment in which the variable being investigated is held constant or is compared with a standard

1. to regulate (financial affairs)

2. to examine and verify (financial accounts)

to restrict or regulate the authorized supply of (certain substances, such as drugs)