{
    "term": "control",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the power to make decisions about how a country, an area, an organization, etc. is run",
            "sensetop": "control of somebody/somethingcontrol over somebody/somethingin the control of somebody/somethingunder… control",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The party expects to **gain control** of the council in the next election.",
                    "contextForm": "control of somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Militants have **taken control** of the town."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Democrats have **lost control** of Congress."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A military junta **seized control **of the country."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The founders eventually **regained control **of the company."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He defended the tradition of civilian control over the military.",
                    "contextForm": "control over somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The city is in the control of enemy forces.",
                    "contextForm": "in the control of somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The area remains under international control.",
                    "contextForm": "under… control"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Editors do not exercise control over large sections of their newspapers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Enemy forces have now regained control of the area."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He wants to hand over control of social security to the private sector."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Parking is outside my control."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The department was under the control of Bryce Thompson."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The idea is to give councils full control of their own budgets."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They have little control over that side of the business."
                },
                {
                    "text": "attempts to wrest control of the town from government forces"
                },
                {
                    "text": "government plans to centralize control of schools"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The family has sold most of its shares and will lose control of the company."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The city is under enemy control."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["absolute", "complete", "full"],
                "verb + control": ["have", "achieve", "assert"],
                "control + noun": ["freak"],
                "preposition": [
                    "beyond your control",
                    "outside your control",
                    "in control (of)"
                ],
                "phrases": ["circumstances beyond somebody’s control"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the ability to make somebody/something do what you want",
            "sensetop": "control over somebody/somethingcontrol of somethingbeyond/outside somebody's controlunder control",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The teacher **had** no **control** over the children.",
                    "contextForm": "control over somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He fought hard to **retain control** over his work."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She struggled to keep control of her voice.",
                    "contextForm": "control of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She **lost control** of her car on the ice."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He got so angry he **lost control** *(= shouted and said or did things he would not normally do)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Owing to circumstances beyond our control, the flight to Rome has been cancelled.",
                    "contextForm": "beyond/outside somebody's control"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The situation is under control.",
                    "contextForm": "under control"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The coach made the team work hard on ball control *(= in a ball game)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The aim is to give people more control over their own lives."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He lost control of the car when he swerved to avoid a bicycle."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The event has been cancelled due to circumstances beyond our control."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The police are experts in crowd control."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["absolute", "complete", "full"],
                "verb + control": ["have", "achieve", "assert"],
                "control + noun": ["freak"],
                "preposition": [
                    "beyond your control",
                    "outside your control",
                    "in control (of)"
                ],
                "phrases": ["circumstances beyond somebody’s control"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the act of limiting or managing something; a method of doing this",
            "sensetop": "controls on somethingcontrol of something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "traffic control"
                },
                {
                    "text": "talks on arms control"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**tight controls** on government spending",
                    "contextForm": "controls on something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Price controls on food were ended."
                },
                {
                    "text": "exciting advances in the control of malaria",
                    "contextForm": "control of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "state control of the economy"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was an exercise in **damage control** *(= trying to prevent further damage)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A **pest control** officer was called in to deal with the rat problem."
                },
                {
                    "text": "calls for tougher export controls"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many teenagers have poor impulse control."
                },
                {
                    "text": "plans to relax price controls"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the water pressure control valve"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They have introduced controls on public spending."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government has imposed strict controls on new building."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The country has tightened its border controls."
                },
                {
                    "text": "New crime control measures have failed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A new advance has been made in the control of malaria."
                },
                {
                    "text": "government controls on trade and industry"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["strict", "stringent", "tight"],
                "verb + control": ["implement", "impose", "introduce"],
                "preposition": ["control on"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "the switches and buttons, etc. that you use to operate a machine or a vehicle",
            "sensetop": "at the controls",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the controls of an aircraft"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the **control panel**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the **volume control** of a TV"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The co-pilot was at the controls when the plane landed.",
                    "contextForm": "at the controls"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Chief Air Officer Sedley was at the controls of the Boeing 707."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Once we were in the air, I was allowed to take the controls."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a programmable control unit"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["remote", "volume", "cruise"],
                "verb + control": ["take"],
                "control + noun": ["panel", "device", "stick"],
                "preposition": ["at the controls"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a person, thing or group used as a standard of comparison for checking the results of a scientific experiment; an experiment whose result is known, used for checking working methods",
            "labels": "(specialist)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The study showed that women with the disease have had fewer children than the controls."
                },
                {
                    "text": "One group was treated with the new drug, and the **control group** was given a sugar pill."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Scientific research"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "a place where orders are given or where checks are made; the people who work in this place",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We went through passport control and into the departure lounge."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "(on a computer keyboard) a key that you press when you want to perform a particular operation",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Computers"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to direct or manage an organization, an area or a situation",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He's reached retiring age, but he's still firmly in control."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There has been some violence after the match, but the police are now in control of the situation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The elected government is back in control."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to be able to organize your life well and keep calm",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "In spite of all her family problems, she's really in control."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be or become impossible to manage or to control",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The children are completely out of control since their father left."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A truck ran out of control on the hill."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The car went out of control on the icy road."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I had this feeling that things were out of control."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be being dealt with successfully",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Don't worry—everything's under control!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to succeed in dealing with something so that it does not cause any damage or hurt anyone",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It took two hours to bring the fire under control."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Please keep your dog under control!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They soon got the situation under control."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Weeds should be kept under strict control."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈtrəʊl/",
                "audio": "xc/control/xcontrol__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈtrəʊl/",
                "audio": "xc/control/xcontrol__us_3.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘check or verify accounts’, especially by referring to a duplicate register): from Anglo-Norman French contreroller ‘keep a copy of a roll of accounts’, from medieval Latin contrarotulare, from contrarotulus ‘copy of a roll’, from contra- ‘against’ + rotulus ‘a roll’. The noun is perhaps via French contrôle."
}