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control
English
Alternative forms
- comptroll (archaic)
- controll, controul (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English controllen, from Old French contrerole, from Medieval Latin contrarotulum (“a counter-roll or register used to verify accounts”), from Latin contra (“against, opposite”) + Medieval Latin rotulus, Latin rotula (“roll, a little wheel”), diminutive of rota (“a wheel”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /k?n?t???l/
- (US) IPA(key): /k?n?t(?)?o?l/
- Hyphenation: con?trol
- Homophone: Ctrl
Verb
control (third-person singular simple present controls, present participle controlling, simple past and past participle controlled)
- (transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
- Synonyms: besteer, bewield, manage, puppeteer, rule
- (transitive, statistics) (construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or more variables are reduced or eliminated.
- (transitive, archaic) to verify the accuracy of (something or someone, especially a financial account) by comparison with another account
- (transitive, obsolete) to call to account, to take to task, to challenge
- (transitive) to hold in check, to curb, to restrain
Synonyms
- ctrl.
Antonyms
- defy, rebel, resist (not to be controlled)
- obey, submit (to be controlled)
Derived terms
See also
- regulate
Translations
Noun
control (countable and uncountable, plural controls)
- (countable, uncountable) Influence or authority over something.
- The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.
- Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
- She had no control of her body as she tumbled downhill. She did not know up from down. It was not unlike being cartwheeled in a relentlessly crashing wave.
- A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities; a safeguard or countermeasure.
- (project management) A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not going according to plan.
- A control group or control experiment.
- A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)
- (graphical user interface) An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box.
- Synonym: widget
- (climatology) Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such as latitude, distribution of land and water, altitude, exposure, prevailing winds, permanent high- or low-barometric-pressure areas, ocean currents, mountain barriers, soil, and vegetation.
- (linguistics) A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an expression in context. See control.
- (spiritualism, parapsychology) A spirit that takes possession of a psychic or medium and allows other spirits to communicate with the living.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- control in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- control in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- control on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Control in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Catalan
Etymology
From French contrôle, attested from 1917.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /kon?t??l/
- (Central) IPA(key): /kun?t??l/
Noun
control m (plural controls)
- control
- check, inspection
- influence, authority
Derived terms
- controlar
References
Further reading
- “control” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “control” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “control” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
Etymology
From English control. The established pronunciation reflects a widespread mispronunciation of the English word. Doublet of controle and controlo.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?kõ.t?ow/
Noun
control m (plural controls)
- the control key on a computer keyboard
Derived terms
- control C control V
Romanian
Etymology
From French contrôle.
Noun
control n (plural controale)
- control
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
From French contrôle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kon?t?ol/, [kõn??t??ol]
- Hyphenation: con?trol
Noun
control m (plural controles)
- control, or running of a business
- control of a machine
- Synonyms: control remoto, mando, mando a distancia, telemando
- control or emotional restraint, self-control
- (Latin America) remote control
- Synonyms: control remoto, mando, mando a distancia
- (video games, Latin America) controller, gamepad, joypad
- Synonym: mando
- (medicine) checkup
Derived terms
Related terms
- controlar
Further reading
- “control” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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arrest
English
Etymology
From Old French arester (“to stay, stop”), from Vulgar Latin *arrest?, from Latin ad- (“to”) + rest? (“to stop, remain behind, stay back”), from re- (“back”) + st? (“to stand”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh?- (“to stand”), equivalent to ad- +? rest. Compare French arrêter (“to stop”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????st/
- Hyphenation: ar?rest
- Rhymes: -?st
Noun
arrest (countable and uncountable, plural arrests)
- A check, stop, an act or instance of arresting something.
- The condition of being stopped, standstill.
- (law) The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
- A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.
- A device to physically arrest motion.
- (nautical) The judicial detention of a ship to secure a financial claim against its operators.
- (obsolete) Any seizure by power, physical or otherwise.
- 1673, Jeremy Taylor, Heniaytos: A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year […]
- The sad stories of fire from heaven, the burning of his sheep, etc., […] were sad arrests to his troubled spirit.
- 1673, Jeremy Taylor, Heniaytos: A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year […]
- (farriery) A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse
Derived terms
- arrest warrant
- cardiac arrest
- house arrest
Translations
Verb
arrest (third-person singular simple present arrests, present participle arresting, simple past and past participle arrested)
- (obsolete, transitive) To stop the motion of (a person or animal). [14th-19th c.]
- 1952, Doris Lessing, Martha Quest, Panther 1974, p. 86:
- Mr. Van Rensberg broke the spell by arresting Martha as she trailed past him on Billy's arm, by pointing his pipestem at her and saying, ‘Hey, Matty, come here a minute.’
- 1952, Doris Lessing, Martha Quest, Panther 1974, p. 86:
- (obsolete, intransitive) To stay, remain. [14th-16th c.]
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Edmund Spenser to this entry?)
- (transitive) To stop or slow (a process, course etc.). [from 14th c.]
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 707:
- To try to arrest the spiral of violence, I contacted Chief Buthelezi to arrange a meeting.
- 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 69 (Totem Books, Icon Books; ?ISBN
- Knowledge replaced universal resemblance with finite differences. History was arrested and turned into tables …Western reason had entered the age of judgement.
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 707:
- (transitive) To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody. [from 14th c.]
- The police have arrested a suspect in the murder inquiry.
- (transitive) To catch the attention of. [from 19th c.]
- 1919: P. G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves:
- There is something about this picture—something bold and vigorous, which arrests the attention. I feel sure it would be highly popular.
- 1919: P. G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves:
- (intransitive, medicine) To undergo cardiac arrest.
- 2004, Euan A. Ashley, Josef Niebauer, Cardiology Explained (page 66)
- Realizing the mistake immediately from the outline of the RCA on the fluoroscope screen, he rapidly removed the catheter – just as his patient arrested.
- 2004, Euan A. Ashley, Josef Niebauer, Cardiology Explained (page 66)
Synonyms
- (to stop the motion of): freeze, halt; See also Thesaurus:immobilize
- (to stay):
- (to stop or slow a process): cease, discontinue; See also Thesaurus:desist
- (to seize someone): apprehend, seize; See also Thesaurus:capture
- (to catch the attention of): attract, dazzle, engage, entice; See also Thesaurus:allure
Derived terms
- arrester, arrestor
- arrestment
- arresting
- arrestive
Related terms
- arrestation
Translations
References
Anagrams
- Arters, arrêts, rarest, raster, raters, retars, starer, starre, tarres, terras
Catalan
Noun
arrest m (plural arrests or arrestos)
- arrest
Derived terms
- ordre d'arrest
Danish
Etymology
Via German Arrest from Middle French arrest (“arrest”) (French arrêt), derived from the verb arrester (“to hold back, arrest”) (arrêter), borrowed to Danish arrestere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [a??asd?], [a???sd?]
Noun
arrest c (singular definite arresten, plural indefinite arrester)
- arrest (the process of holding back a suspect)
- confinement, detention (a short-time prison)
Inflection
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch arrest, from Old French arest.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??r?st/
- Hyphenation: ar?rest
- Rhymes: -?st
Noun
arrest n (plural arresten, diminutive arrestje n)
- (law) sentence passed by a higher court
- (law) confiscation ordered by a legal ruling
- (law, historical) detention, confinement, especially after being arrested
Derived terms
- huisarrest
- kamerarrest
- stadsarrest
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: ares
Anagrams
- raster, terras
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old French arester
Noun
arrest m (definite singular arresten, indefinite plural arrester, definite plural arrestene)
- arrest, custody, detention
Derived terms
- husarrest
- politiarrest
Related terms
- arrestasjon
- arrestere
References
- “arrest” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old French arester
Noun
arrest m (definite singular arresten, indefinite plural arrestar, definite plural arrestane)
- arrest, custody, detention
Derived terms
- husarrest
- politiarrest
Related terms
- arrestasjon
- arrestere
References
- “arrest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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