how to pronounce control

/kənˈtɹoʊl/

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control is pronounced in two syllables

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kəntɹoʊl

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video examples of control pronunciation

An example use of control in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… my life i had control of my own toilet i …”

meaning of control

Control means to have power over something or someone.

control frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word control occurs in english on average 157.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics control can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that control can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) education, science, and technology;

4) people, society, and culture;

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