control

«control» in Mova's school dictionary: to make it do what you want, like steering a toy car — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (control, controls, controlled, controlling); noun (control, controls; in control)

meaning for a pupil

1) To control something means to make it do what you want, like steering a toy car. tree →

2) To control yourself means to keep calm and not let anger or tears take over. tree →

3) Control is the power to make something or someone do what you want. tree →

4) Controls are the buttons, levers or knobs that work a machine. tree →

5) In a science experiment, the control is the part you keep the same so you can compare. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science, a fair test has a control group and controlled variables that stay the same. In everyday life, children learn to control their temper, and a remote control works the TV. In safety, drivers must keep control of the car; «out of control» means nobody can stop it. Phrases: remote control, in control, out of control, under control, lose control, take control, self-control.

examples

• Use the remote control to turn on the TV. tree →
• The pilot controls the plane from the cockpit. tree →
• Try to control your temper. tree →
• The fire was finally under control. tree →
• The bike went out of control down the hill. tree →
• Press the controls to make the robot move. tree →
• In our experiment, the plant with no fertiliser was the control. tree →
• She lost control of the ball and it rolled away. tree →
• I lost control of myself and rushed upon him. tree →

note

Double the l: controlled, controlling, but controls. «Self-control» means controlling your own feelings. Under control = managed; out of control = not managed. In a fair test you change only one thing and control everything else.

In the corpora

• Many adults take a tablet every day to keep a long-term condition, like high blood pressure, under control.
• Some illnesses in old age never go away; doctors call them chronic, and they can be controlled but not cured.
• Tipsy means a little alcohol has made someone chattier and sillier than usual, though they are still in control.
• Parental controls can ask for a PIN before films above a chosen age, such as 12 or 13+, will play.
• Parental controls are there for good reasons; talk about them rather than trying to trick them.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «control» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.