[
  {
    "word": "control",
    "phonetic": "/k\u0259n\u02c8t\u0279\u0259\u028al/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/k\u0259n\u02c8t\u0279\u0259\u028al/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/k\u0259n\u02c8t(\u0283)\u0279o\u028al/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/control-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=840662",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Influence or authority over something.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The government has complete control over the situation."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A separate group or subject in an experiment against which the results are compared where the primary variable is low or non-existent.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities; a safeguard or countermeasure.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(project management) A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not going according to plan.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box.",
            "synonyms": [
              "widget"
            ],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such as latitude, distribution of land and water, altitude, exposure, prevailing winds, permanent high- or low-barometric-pressure areas, ocean currents, mountain barriers, soil, and vegetation.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an expression in context. See control.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "widget"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.",
            "synonyms": [
              "besteer",
              "bewield",
              "manage",
              "puppeteer",
              "rule"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "With a simple remote, he could control the toy truck."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or more variables are reduced or eliminated.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "besteer",
          "bewield",
          "manage",
          "puppeteer",
          "rule",
          "ctrl."
        ],
        "antonyms": [
          "defy",
          "rebel",
          "resist",
          "obey",
          "submit"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/control"
    ]
  }
]