control

noun (POWER)

/kənˈtrəʊl/

/-ˈtroʊl/

Definition

B2 [C or U] the act of controlling something or someone, or the power to do this: She's got no control over that child - it's terrible. He wants the government to impose strict controls on dog ownership. The dictator took control of the country in 1933. He felt he was losing control of events. You need to stay in control of your emotions. The car skidded and went out of control, crashing into an oncoming truck. There was nothing we could do about it - the situation was out of/beyond/outside our control. She criticized the police's methods of crowd control.Power to control under control B2 being dealt with or limited successfully: It seems that the disease is now under control. Everything is under control, sir. It took them two hours to bring/get the fire under control.Limiting and restrictingPreventing and impeding

(Definition of control noun (POWER) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)