Have vs Control - What's the difference?
have | control | Related terms |
To possess, own, hold.
To be related in some way to (with the object identifying the relationship).
To partake of a particular substance (especially a food or drink) or action.
Used in forming the and the past perfect aspect.
must.
To give birth to.
To engage in sexual intercourse with.
To accept as a romantic partner.
(transitive with bare infinitive ) To cause to, by a command or request.
(transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement ) To cause to be.
(transitive with bare infinitive ) To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is not a verb argument.)
(transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement ) To depict as being.
Used as interrogative auxiliary verb with a following pronoun to form tag questions. (For further discussion, see "Usage notes" below)
(British, slang) To defeat in a fight; take.
(Irish) To be able to speak a language.
To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.
To be afflicted with, to suffer from, to experience something negative
To trick, to deceive
(often with present participle) To allow
* 1922 , (Virginia Woolf), (w, Jacob's Room) Chapter 2
To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
* With a simple remote, he could control the toy truck.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-17
, author=George Monbiot, authorlink=George Monbiot
, title=Money just makes the rich suffer
, volume=188, issue=23, page=19
, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
(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.
* '>citation
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author=(Oliver Burkeman)
, volume=189, issue=2, page=27, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= 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.
(graphical user interface) An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box.
Have is a related term of control.
As an adjective have
is gaunt; pale and thin.As a verb control is
to exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.As a noun control is
(countable|uncountable) influence or authority over.have
English
Verb
: Additional archaic forms are second-person singular present tense hast 'and second-person singular past tense''' hadst''' or ' haddest .- I have a house and a car.
- Look what I have here — a frog I found on the street!
- I have two sisters.
- The dog down the street has a lax owner.
- I have breakfast at six o'clock.
- Can I have a look at that?
- I'm going to have some pizza and a beer right now.
- I have already eaten today.
- I had already eaten.
- I have to go.
- Note: there's a separate entry for have to .
- The couple always wanted to have children.
- My wife is having the baby right now!
- He's always bragging about how many women he's had .
- Despite my protestations of love, she would not have me.
- They had me feed their dog while they were out of town.
- He had him arrested for trespassing.
- The lecture's ending had the entire audience in tears.
- The hospital had several patients contract pneumonia last week.
- I've had three people today tell me my hair looks nice.
- Their stories differed; he said he'd been at work when the incident occurred, but her statement had him at home that entire evening.
- Anton Rogan, 8, was one of the runners-up in the Tick Tock Box short story competition, not Anton Rogers as we had it.'' — ''The Guardian .
- We haven't eaten dinner yet, have we ?
- Your wife hasn't been reading that nonsense, has she ?
- (UK usage) He has some money, hasn't he ?
- I could have him!
- I'm gonna have you!
- I have no German .
- Dan certainly has arms today, probably from scraping paint off four columns the day before.
- He had a cold last week.
- We had a hard year last year, with the locust swarms and all that.
- You had me alright! I never would have thought that was just a joke.
- "You're a very naughty boy. If I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times. I won't have you chasing the geese!"
Usage notes
Interrogative auxiliary verb have ...?' (''third-person singular'' '''has ...?''', ''third-person singular negative'' '''hasn't ...?''' ''or'' '''has ... not?''', ''negative for all other persons, singular and plural'' '''haven't ...?''' ''or'' '''have ... not? ); ''in each case, the ellipsis stands for a pronoun * Used with a following pronoun to form tag questions after statements that use "have" to form the perfect tense or (in UK usage) that use "have" in the present tense. *: “We haven't eaten dinner yet, have we ?” *: “Your wife hasn't been reading that nonsense, has she ?” *: “I'd bet that student hasn't studied yet, have they ?” *: “You've known all along, haven't you ?” *: “The sun has already set, has it not ?” *: (UK usage'') “He has some money, hasn't he ?” (''see usage notes below ) * This construction forms a tag that converts a present perfect tense sentence into a question. The tag always uses an object pronoun substituting for the subject. Negative sentences use has'' or ''have'', distinguished by number. Affirmative sentences use the same followed by ''not'', or alternatively, more commonly, and less formally, ''hasn't'' or ''haven't . (See ). * In American usage, this construction does not apply to present tense sentences with has'' or ''have , or their negations, as a verb; it does not apply either to the construction "have got". In those cases, use "does" or its negation instead. For example: "He has some money, doesn't he?" and "I have got enough time, don't I?" These constructions with "do", "does", "don't" or "doesn't" are considered incorrect in UK usage.Quotations
* (English Citations of "have")Derived terms
* -'ve * be had * have a ball * have a cow * have at you * have it in for * have it off * have had enough * have had it * have nots * have someone on * have to * havesSee also
* auxiliary verb * past tense * perfect tenseReferences
control
English
Verb
(controll)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 * * ruleAntonyms
* obey, submit (to be controlled ) * defy, rebel, resist (not to be controlled )Noun
- 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.
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
- (Johnson)