CONTROL STOCK Synonyms

• power to direct or determine

• a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another

• (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc

• a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment

• the activity of managing or exerting control over something

• the state that exists when one person or group has power over another

• discipline in personal and social activities

• great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity

• a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine

• a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance

• the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.

• exercise authoritative control or power over

• lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits

• handle and cause to function

• maintain influence over (others or oneself) skillfully, usually to one's advantage

• check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard

• place under restrictions; limit access to by law

• verify by using a duplicate register for comparison

• be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something

• have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of

• a number that identifies a position relative to an axis

• of equal importance, rank, or degree

• bring order and organization to

• bring into common action, movement, or condition

• be co-ordinated

• bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation

• direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short

• straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action

• in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child

• moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth

• similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity

• (of a current) flowing in one direction only

• without deviation

• having no intervening persons, agents, conditions

• being an immediate result or consequence

• in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker

• lacking compromising or mitigating elements

• command with authority

• intend (something) to move towards a certain goal

• guide the actors in (plays and films)

• govern or manage

• take somebody somewhere

• cause to go somewhere

• point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards

• lead, as in the performance of a composition

• give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction

• specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public

• direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

• put an address on (an envelope)

• plan and direct (a complex undertaking)

• bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations

• direct or strongly influence the behavior of

• exercise authority over; as of nations

• require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood

• the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it

• be in charge of, act on, or dispose of

• interact in a certain way

• act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression

• touch, lift, or hold with the hands

• handle effectively

• show and train

• be successful; achieve a goal

• be in charge of, act on, or dispose of

• succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available

• watch and direct

• achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods

• carry on or function

• handle effectively

• an ironclad vessel built by Federal forces to do battle with the Merrimac

• someone who supervises (an examination)

• someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided

• display produced by a device that takes signals and displays them on a television screen or a computer monitor

• electronic equipment that is used to check the quality or content of electronic transmissions

• a piece of electronic equipment that keeps track of the operation of a system continuously and warns of trouble

• any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles

• keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance

• check, track, or observe by means of a receiver

• watch and direct

• fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of

• bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations

• shape or influence; give direction to

• restrain the emission of (sound, fluid, etc.)

• watch and direct

• keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance