| has gloss | (noun) the activity of managing or exerting control over something; "the control of the mob by the police was admirable"
control |
| lexicalization | eng: control |
| subclass of | (noun) any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity"
activity |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of denying yourself; controlling your impulses
self-discipline, self-denial, self-control |
| has subclass | (noun) control of the flow of traffic in a building or a city
traffic control |
| has subclass | (noun) control (by agreement among producers or by government) of the price of a commodity in interstate commerce
price-fixing |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of controlling by restraining someone or something; "the unlawful restraint of trade"
restraint |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of repressing; control by holding down; "his goal was the repression of insolence"
repression |
| has subclass | (noun) activity of controlling a crowd
crowd control |
| has subclass | (noun) an effort to minimize or curtail damage or loss
damage control |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of being put under federal control
federalisation, federalization |
| has subclass | (noun) control from ground stations of airplanes in flight by means of messages transmitted to the pilot electronically
flight control |
| has subclass | (noun) (engineering) the art or technique of trying to control rivers with dams etc in order to minimize the occurrence of floods
flood control |
| has subclass | (noun) any instance of aggressive extension of authority
imperialism |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of controlling or directing according to rule; "fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians"
regulating, regulation |
| has subclass | (noun) an accounting procedure or system designed to promote efficiency or assure the implementation of a policy or safeguard assets or avoid fraud and error etc.
internal control |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular
regularization, regularisation, regulation |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of having and controlling property
ownership, possession |
| has subclass | (noun) (sport) the act of controlling the ball (or puck); "they took possession of the ball on their own goal line"
possession |
| has subclass | (noun) (slang) a self-aggrandizing action undertaken simply for the pleasure of exercising control over other people
power trip |
| has subclass | (noun) the measures taken to control a riot
riot control operation, riot control |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)
prehension, seizing, taking hold, grasping |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of steering a ship
steering, steerage |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of setting and holding a course; "a new council was installed under the direction of the king"
guidance, direction, steering |