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recontrol

recontrol verb: to subject (something) to new control.

Verb

recontrol (third-person singular simple present recontrols, present participle recontrolling, simple past and past participle recontrolled)

  1. (transitive) To subject (something) to new control.
    • Meanwhile, work will also take place in Peterborough to recontrol the signalling to Network Rail's operating centre in York.2023 August 9, “Network News: Digital upgrade to shut part of ECML”, in RAIL, number 989, page 13

Forms of recontrol

third-person singular presentrecontrols
present participlerecontrolling
past participlerecontrolled
pastrecontrolled

Origin of recontrol

From re- + control.

Questions about recontrol

What does recontrol mean?
Recontrol means to subject (something) to new control.
What part of speech is recontrol?
Recontrol is a verb.
What is the past tense of recontrol?
The past tense of recontrol is recontrolled.

Words near recontrol in the dictionary

  1. recontributions
  2. recontrive
  3. recontrived
  4. recontrives
  5. recontriving
  6. recontrol
  7. recontrolled
  8. recontrolling
  9. recontrols
  10. reconvalesce
  11. reconvalesced

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