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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

psychological feature go
a feature of the mental life of a living organism

event go
something that happens at a given place and time

act, deed, human action, human activity go
something that people do or cause to happen

activity go
any specific behavior

control
the activity of managing or exerting control over something

noun.act

21 Subcategories

repression go
the act of repressing
crowd control go
activity of controlling a crowd
damage control go
an effort to minimize or curtail damage or loss
federalization, federalisation go
the act of being put under federal control
flight control go
control from ground stations of airplanes in flight by means of messages transmitted to the pilot electronically
flood control go
(engineering) the art or technique of trying to control rivers with dams etc in order to minimize the occurrence of floods
imperialism go
any instance of aggressive extension of authority
regulation, regulating go
the act of controlling or directing according to rule
internal control go
an accounting procedure or system designed to promote efficiency or assure the implementation of a policy or safeguard assets or avoid fraud and error etc.
regulation, regularization, regularisation go
the act of bringing to uniformity
possession, ownership go
the act of having and controlling property
possession go
(sport) the act of controlling the ball (or puck)
power trip go
(slang) a self-aggrandizing action undertaken simply for the pleasure of exercising control over other people
riot control, riot control operation go
the measures taken to control a riot
grasping, taking hold, seizing, prehension go
the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)
steering, steerage go
the act of steering a ship
steering, guidance, direction go
the act of setting and holding a course
self-denial, self-discipline, self-control go
the act of denying yourself
traffic control go
control of the flow of traffic in a building or a city
price-fixing go
control (by agreement among producers or by government) of the price of a commodity in interstate commerce
restraint go
the act of controlling by restraining someone or something