control
A2Frequent NGSL-1UK /kənˈtrəʊl/US /kənˈtrəʊl/
Meaning
noun
the power to make decisions about how a country, an area, an organization, etc. is run
“control of somebody/something, The party expects to gain control of the council in the next election.”
verb
to have power over a person, company, country, etc. so that you are able to decide what they must do or how it is run
“By the age of 21 he controlled the company.”
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“I could not believe I had pledged allegiance to research, where our job -- you know, the definition of research is to control and predict, to study phenomena for the explicit reason”
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