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control
Definition:
(nou) power to direct or determine (nou) a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another (nou) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc (nou) a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment (nou) the activity of managing or exerting control over something (nou) the state that exists when one person or group has power over another (nou) discipline in personal and social activities (nou) great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity (nou) a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine (nou) a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance (nou) the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.
Phonetic Transcription:
kənˈtrəʊl
Examples:
Requiem possessed the power to control the spirits of people.
The longer the barrel, the higher the control, and the lower the power.
This second draconian power restricts control of the first.
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