Crossword-Solution: CONTROL
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Control | n. | A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register. |
| Control | n. | That which serves to check, restrain, or hinder; restraint. |
| Control | n. | Power or authority to check or restrain; restraining or regulating influence; superintendence; government; as, children should be under parental control. |
| Control | v. t. | To check by a counter register or duplicate account; to prove by counter statements; to confute. |
| Control | v. t. | To exercise restraining or governing influence over; to check; to counteract; to restrain; to regulate; to govern; to overpower. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ETAER
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greedy person
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Sentences with CONTROL (5)
She had never had a slave under her control previously to myself, and prior to her marriage she had been dependent upon her own industry for a living.
The horsemen closed about the carriage like a guard, and whenever a restless horse broke from control and shot down the road ahead of the body, the bishop laughed and rubbed his plump hands together.
Popular resistance and changes in central policy have weakened China's population control program, which is essential to the nation's long-term economic viability.
Her culpability lay in her making no attempt to control feeling by subtle and careful inquiry into consciences.
But it is a strange experience, to a man of pride and sensibility, to know that his interests are within the control of individuals who neither love nor understand him, and by whom, since one or the other must needs happen, he would rather be injured than obliged.
Quotes with CONTROL (3)
People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life. A true soul mate is probably the most important person you'll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. But to live with a soul mate forever? Nah. Too painful. Soul mates, they come into your life just to …
Love is an untamed force. When we try to control it, it destroys us. When we try to imprison it, it enslaves us. When we try to understand it, it leaves us feeling lost and confused.
Letting go doesn't mean that you don't care about someone anymore. It's just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 37 times in crossword archives (1943–2024).