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comptroll

comptroll is the obsolete spelling of control.

Meaning of control

Noun

control (countable and uncountable, plural controls)

  1. An influence or authority over something.
    • The government has complete control over the situation.
    Synonyms:
    command
  2. The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.
  3. Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
    • 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.2012, John Branch, “Snow Fall : The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in New York Times
  4. A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities; a safeguard or countermeasure.
  5. (project management) A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not going according to plan.
  6. A control group or control experiment.

See all 17 meanings of control

Forms of comptroll

Noun
pluralcomptrolls
Verb
third-person singular presentcomptrolls
present participlecomptrolling
past participlecomptrolled
pastcomptrolled

Questions about comptroll

What is comptroll the obsolete spelling of?
Comptroll is the obsolete spelling of control.

Words near comptroll in the dictionary

  1. comptop
  2. comptopped
  3. comptopping
  4. comptops
  5. comptrol
  6. comptroll
  7. comptrolled
  8. comptroller
  9. comptrollers
  10. comptrollership
  11. comptrollerships

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Adapted from Wiktionary: comptroll (page history and authors); control (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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