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control — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • checkpoint noun A location where people or vehicles are stopped for inspection, such as at a border or on a road.
  • control verb To direct or influence the behavior of someone or something.

Senses

control is used for these senses in English:

  • checkpoint A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection.

checkpoint — full definition

  1. noun A location where people or vehicles are stopped for inspection, such as at a border or on a road.
  2. noun In a video game, a saved point that a player can restart from after failing.
  3. noun A point at which the state of a system or database is saved so it can be restored later.

control — full definition

  1. verb To direct or influence the behavior of someone or something.
  2. noun Power or authority to direct or manage something.
  3. noun A device such as a button, lever, or switch used to operate a machine.
  4. noun A group or sample used as a baseline for comparison in an experiment.

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