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con|trive /kəntra I v/ (contrives , contriving , contrived )

1 VERB If you contrive an event or situation, you succeed in making it happen, often by tricking someone. [FORMAL ] □ [V n] The oil companies were accused of contriving a shortage of gasoline to justify price increases.

2 VERB If you contrive to do something difficult, you succeed in doing it. [FORMAL ] □ [V to-inf] The orchestra contrived to produce some of its best playing for years.

con|trived /kəntra I vd/

1 ADJ If you say that something someone says or does is contrived , you think it is false and deliberate, rather than natural and not planned. [DISAPPROVAL ] □  There was nothing contrived or calculated about what he said. □  It mustn't sound like a contrived compliment.

2 ADJ If you say that the plot of a play, film, or novel is contrived , you mean that it is unlikely and unconvincing. [DISAPPROVAL ] □  The plot seems contrived.

con|trol ◆◆◆ /kəntroʊ l/ (controls , controlling , controlled )

1 N‑UNCOUNT Control of an organization, place, or system is the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run. □ [+ of ] The restructuring involves Mr Ronson giving up control of the company. □ [+ over ] The first aim of his government would be to establish control over the republic's territory. ● PHRASE If you are in control of something, you have the power to make all the important decisions about the way it is run. □  Nobody knows who is in control of the club. □  In the West, people feel more in control of their own lives. ● PHRASE If something is under your control , you have the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run. □  All the newspapers were taken under government control.

2 N‑UNCOUNT If you have control of something or someone, you are able to make them do what you want them to do. □ [+ of ] He lost control of his car. □ [+ over ] Some teachers have more control over pupils than their parents have.

3 N‑UNCOUNT If you show control , you prevent yourself behaving in an angry or emotional way. □  He had a terrible temper, and sometimes he would completely lose control. □  He was working hard to keep control of himself.

4 VERB The people who control an organization or place have the power to take all the important decisions about the way that it is run. □ [V n] He now controls the largest retail development empire in southern California. □ [V -ing] Minebea ended up selling its controlling interest in both firms. ●  -controlled COMB □  AGA Gas is Swedish-controlled. □  …the state-controlled media.

5 VERB To control a piece of equipment, process, or system means to make it work in the way that you want it to work. □ [V n] …a computerised system to control the gates. □ [V -ed] …the controlled production of energy from sugar by a cell. ●  -controlled COMB □  …computer-controlled traffic lights.

6 VERB When a government controls prices, wages, or the activity of a particular group, it uses its power to restrict them. □ [V n] The federal government tried to control rising health-care costs. ● N‑UNCOUNT Control is also a noun. □ [+ of ] Control of inflation remains the government's absolute priority.