control
Definition of control:
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part of speech: verb
To check: to restrain: to govern:- pr. p. controlling; pa. p. controlled.
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part of speech: noun
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part of speech: verb
To check by a contra- account; to restrain; to govern; to subject to authority.
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part of speech: noun
Check; restraint; power; command; that which restrains, as Board of Control.
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Common misspellings:
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- cotrol (0.9%)
- oness (0.0%)
- controle (11.5%)
- conrol (4.1%)
- controil (0.2%)
- contral (1.7%)
- contriol (0.2%)
- stablise (0.0%)
- centrol (0.1%)
- contal (0.1%)
- controel (0.1%)
- cotnrol (0.3%)
- controled (0.2%)
- contrl (0.7%)
- conrtol (0.7%)
- controld (0.3%)
- countrol (0.2%)
- contraol (0.5%)
- contril (0.8%)
- contole (0.2%)
- contorol (0.2%)
- contorl (4.5%)
- comtrol (0.5%)
- controal (0.6%)
- contoll (0.5%)
- copntrol (0.1%)
- contol (12.5%)
- countroul (0.1%)
- cntrol (0.5%)
- contro (1.5%)
- cantrol (0.1%)
- controul (0.1%)
- ontrol (0.1%)
- controlle (0.1%)
- controll (54.7%)
- crontrol (0.3%)
- controol (0.2%)
- controlt (0.1%)
- conttrol (0.1%)
- centro (0.1%)
- contorle (0.0%)
- cocntrol (0.1%)
- conral (0.1%)
- conrolle (0.1%)
- conrtool (0.1%)
- contonl (0.1%)
- control210 (0.1%)
- countol (0.1%)
- ocntro (0.1%)
Usage examples for control:
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She could not control her curiosity but brought it to me.
"The Comstock Club" – Charles Carroll Goodwin -
I can control myself."
"Jewel A Chapter In Her Life" – Clara Louise Burnham -
The sharp lesson of self- control Matilda was learning now.
"Opportunities" – Susan Warner -
On the other hand, if we had control of it, we should, I imagine, be in a position to dictate our own terms.
"A Rogue by Compulsion" – Victor Bridges
