🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

통제

Pronunciation / Transliteration: tongje

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Control/kənˈtroʊl/
nounverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #350 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"경찰이 교통을 통제하고 있다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The power to influence or direct people's behavior or the course of events.

    "Parents try to maintain control over their teenagers' digital screen time."
As verb
  1. 1

    To determine, influence, or manage the behavior or functioning of something.

    "The thermostat is designed to control the temperature of the entire building."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Middle English word 'contre-rollen', originating from the Anglo-French 'contrerole' meaning a duplicate register used to check accounts. Over centuries, the meaning broadened from checking and verifying official records to exercising general power, restraint, or direction over systems and behaviors.

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