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Word entry · 7 letters

control

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"Power to direct something"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /kənˈtɹəʊl/Part of speech verb, nounSorted clnoortStarts with CEnds with L1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Power to direct, manage, restrain, or influence something.

Word origin

From Middle English controllen, from Old French contrerole, from Medieval Latin contrārotulus (“a counter-roll or register used to verify accounts”), from Latin contrā (“against, opposite”) + Medieval Latin rotulus, Latin rotula (“roll, a little wheel”), diminutive of rota (“a wheel”).

Used in a sentence

  • With a simple remote, he could control the toy truck.
  • I fortuned to come in, Thys rebell to behold, Whereof I hym controld; But he sayde that he wolde Agaynst my mynde and wyll In my church hawke styll.
  • Because only by the Capette Pellet method of hormonization can growers be assured of controlled dosage and uniform results.

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