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Control is a related term of tally.


As verbs the difference between control and tally

is that control is to exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of while tally is to count something.

As nouns the difference between control and tally

is that control is (countable|uncountable) influence or authority over while tally is originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number;.

As an adjective tally is

(label) used as a mild intensifier: very (almost exclusively used by the upper classes).

As an interjection tally is

target sighted.

As an adverb tally is

(obsolete) in a tall way; stoutly; with spirit.

control

English

Verb

(controll)
  • To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
  • * With a simple remote, he could control the toy truck.
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  • , author=George Monbiot, authorlink=George Monbiot , title=Money just makes the rich suffer , volume=188, issue=23, page=19 , magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) citation , passage=In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […]  The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra–wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised.}}

    Derived terms

    * controller * controlling * controllable * controllability *

    Synonyms

    * * manage * * rule

    Antonyms

    * obey, submit (to be controlled ) * defy, rebel, resist (not to be controlled )

    Noun

  • (countable, uncountable) Influence or authority over.
  • A separate group or subject in an experiment against which the results are compared where the primary variable is low or non-existent.
  • The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.
  • Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
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  • She had no control of her body as she tumbled downhill. She did not know up from down. It was not unlike being cartwheeled in a relentlessly crashing wave.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author=(Oliver Burkeman)
  • , volume=189, issue=2, page=27, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= The tao of tech , passage=The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […], or offering services that let you
  • A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities; a safeguard or countermeasure.
  • (project management) A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not going according to plan.
  • A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
  • (Johnson)
  • (graphical user interface) An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box.
  • Synonyms

    * (GUI) widget

    Derived terms

    * control character * control panel * control tower * cruise control * in control * master control * mind control * out of control * proportional control * race control * self-control * under control

    tally

    English

    Etymology 1

    .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (label) Used as a mild intensifier: very (almost exclusively used by the upper classes).
  • Up and over to victory! Tally ho!

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • Target sighted.
  • ''(Air Traffic Control): Speedbird 123, New York, traffic at two o’clock, seven miles, a Boeing 737, west-bound, at 4000 feet.”
    (Pilot): New York, Speedbird 123, tally .

    Usage notes

    In aviation radio usage, more common than original (m). In civilian aviation usage, the official term for “traffic sighted” is “traffic in sight”.Federal Aviation Administration: Pilot/Controller Glossary (P/CG)], [https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/pcg/T.HTM T (Traffic)

    Synonyms

    * (target sighted) (l)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) tallie, from (etyl)

    Noun

    (tallies)
  • Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number;
  • Later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept.
  • Hence, any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book, especially one kept in duplicate.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=September 2 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Bulgaria 0-3 England , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Bulgaria, inevitably, raised the tempo in the opening moments of the second half and keeper Joe Hart was forced into his first meaningful action to block a deflected corner - but England were soon threatening to add to their goal tally .}}
  • One thing made to suit another; a match; a mate.
  • * Dryden
  • They were framed the tallies for each other.
  • A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a score or tally in a game.
  • A tally shop.
  • Verb

  • To count something.
  • To record something by making marks.
  • To make things correspond or agree with each other.
  • * Alexander Pope
  • They are not so well tallied to the present juncture.
  • To keep score.
  • To correspond or agree.
  • * Addison
  • I found pieces of tiles that exactly tallied with the channel.
  • * Walpole
  • Your idea tallies exactly with mine.
  • (nautical) To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard.
  • Etymology 3

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (obsolete) In a tall way; stoutly; with spirit.
  • (Beaumont and Fletcher)

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