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{ "term": "control", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a2", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "the power to make decisions about how a country, an area, an organization, etc. is run", "sensetop": "control of somebody/somethingcontrol over somebody/somethingin the control of somebody/somethingunder… control", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "The party expects to **gain control** of the council in the next election.", "contextForm": "control of somebody/something" }, { "text": "Militants have **taken control** of the town." }, { "text": "The Democrats have **lost control** of Congress." }, { "text": "A military junta **seized control **of the country." }, { "text": "The founders eventually **regained control **of the company." }, { "text": "He defended the tradition of civilian control over the military.", "contextForm": "control over somebody/something" }, { "text": "The city is in the control of enemy forces.", "contextForm": "in the control of somebody/something" }, { "text": "The area remains under international control.", "contextForm": "under… control" }, { "text": "Editors do not exercise control over large sections of their newspapers." }, { "text": "Enemy forces have now regained control of the area." }, { "text": "He wants to hand over control of social security to the private sector." }, { "text": "Parking is outside my control." }, { "text": "The department was under the control of Bryce Thompson." }, { "text": "The idea is to give councils full control of their own budgets." }, { "text": "They have little control over that side of the business." }, { "text": "attempts to wrest control of the town from government forces" }, { "text": "government plans to centralize control of schools" }, { "text": "The family has sold most of its shares and will lose control of the company." }, { "text": "The city is under enemy control." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["absolute", "complete", "full"], "verb + control": ["have", "achieve", "assert"], "control + noun": ["freak"], "preposition": [ "beyond your control", "outside your control", "in control (of)" ], "phrases": ["circumstances beyond somebody’s control"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "the ability to make somebody/something do what you want", "sensetop": "control over somebody/somethingcontrol of somethingbeyond/outside somebody's controlunder control", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "The teacher **had** no **control** over the children.", "contextForm": "control over somebody/something" }, { "text": "He fought hard to **retain control** over his work." }, { "text": "She struggled to keep control of her voice.", "contextForm": "control of something" }, { "text": "She **lost control** of her car on the ice." }, { "text": "He got so angry he **lost control** *(= shouted and said or did things he would not normally do)*." }, { "text": "Owing to circumstances beyond our control, the flight to Rome has been cancelled.", "contextForm": "beyond/outside somebody's control" }, { "text": "The situation is under control.", "contextForm": "under control" }, { "text": "The coach made the team work hard on ball control *(= in a ball game)*." }, { "text": "The aim is to give people more control over their own lives." }, { "text": "He lost control of the car when he swerved to avoid a bicycle." }, { "text": "The event has been cancelled due to circumstances beyond our control." }, { "text": "The police are experts in crowd control." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["absolute", "complete", "full"], "verb + control": ["have", "achieve", "assert"], "control + noun": ["freak"], "preposition": [ "beyond your control", "outside your control", "in control (of)" ], "phrases": ["circumstances beyond somebody’s control"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "the act of limiting or managing something; a method of doing this", "sensetop": "controls on somethingcontrol of something", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "traffic control" }, { "text": "talks on arms control" }, { "text": "**tight controls** on government spending", "contextForm": "controls on something" }, { "text": "Price controls on food were ended." }, { "text": "exciting advances in the control of malaria", "contextForm": "control of something" }, { "text": "state control of the economy" }, { "text": "It was an exercise in **damage control** *(= trying to prevent further damage)*." }, { "text": "A **pest control** officer was called in to deal with the rat problem." }, { "text": "calls for tougher export controls" }, { "text": "Many teenagers have poor impulse control." }, { "text": "plans to relax price controls" }, { "text": "the water pressure control valve" }, { "text": "They have introduced controls on public spending." }, { "text": "The government has imposed strict controls on new building." }, { "text": "The country has tightened its border controls." }, { "text": "New crime control measures have failed." }, { "text": "A new advance has been made in the control of malaria." }, { "text": "government controls on trade and industry" } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["strict", "stringent", "tight"], "verb + control": ["implement", "impose", "introduce"], "preposition": ["control on"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "the switches and buttons, etc. that you use to operate a machine or a vehicle", "sensetop": "at the controls", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "the controls of an aircraft" }, { "text": "the **control panel**" }, { "text": "the **volume control** of a TV" }, { "text": "The co-pilot was at the controls when the plane landed.", "contextForm": "at the controls" }, { "text": "Chief Air Officer Sedley was at the controls of the Boeing 707." }, { "text": "Once we were in the air, I was allowed to take the controls." }, { "text": "a programmable control unit" } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["remote", "volume", "cruise"], "verb + control": ["take"], "control + noun": ["panel", "device", "stick"], "preposition": ["at the controls"] } }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "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", "labels": "(specialist)", "cefr": "c1", "examples": [ { "text": "The study showed that women with the disease have had fewer children than the controls." }, { "text": "One group was treated with the new drug, and the **control group** was given a sugar pill." } ], "topics": ["Scientific research"] }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "a place where orders are given or where checks are made; the people who work in this place", "examples": [ { "text": "We went through passport control and into the departure lounge." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 7, "definition": "(on a computer keyboard) a key that you press when you want to perform a particular operation", "cefr": "c1", "examples": [], "topics": ["Computers"] }, { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "to direct or manage an organization, an area or a situation", "examples": [ { "text": "He's reached retiring age, but he's still firmly in control." }, { "text": "There has been some violence after the match, but the police are now in control of the situation." }, { "text": "The elected government is back in control." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "to be able to organize your life well and keep calm", "examples": [ { "text": "In spite of all her family problems, she's really in control." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to be or become impossible to manage or to control", "examples": [ { "text": "The children are completely out of control since their father left." }, { "text": "A truck ran out of control on the hill." }, { "text": "The car went out of control on the icy road." }, { "text": "I had this feeling that things were out of control." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to be being dealt with successfully", "examples": [ { "text": "Don't worry—everything's under control!" } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to succeed in dealing with something so that it does not cause any damage or hurt anyone", "examples": [ { "text": "It took two hours to bring the fire under control." }, { "text": "Please keep your dog under control!" }, { "text": "They soon got the situation under control." }, { "text": "Weeds should be kept under strict control." } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/kənˈtrəʊl/", "audio": "xc/control/xcontrol__gb_2.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/kənˈtrəʊl/", "audio": "xc/control/xcontrol__us_3.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "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." }