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Definitions for Controlling

[1] to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
[2] to hold in check; curb: to control a horse; to control one's emotions.
[3] to test or verify (a scientific experiment) by a parallel experiment or other standard of comparison.
[4] to eliminate or prevent the flourishing or spread of: to control a forest fire.
[5] Obsolete . to check or regulate (transactions), originally by means of a duplicate register.
[6] the act or power of controlling; regulation; domination or command: Who's in control here?
[7] the situation of being under the regulation, domination, or command of another: The car is out of control.
[8] check or restraint: Her anger is under control.
[9] a legal or official means of regulation or restraint: to institute wage and price controls.
[10] Statistics . control variable(def 1) .
[11] a person who acts as a check; controller.
[12] a device for regulating and guiding a machine, as a motor or airplane.
[13] controls, a coordinated arrangement of such devices.
[14] prevention of the flourishing or spread of something undesirable: rodent control.
[15] Baseball . the ability of a pitcher to throw the ball into the strike zone consistently: The rookie pitcher has great power but no control.
[16] Philately . any device printed on a postage or revenue stamp to authenticate it as a government issue or to identify it for bookkeeping purposes.
[17] a spiritual agency believed to assist a medium at a séance.
[18] the supervisor to whom an espionage agent reports when in the field.
[19] control for , Statistics . to account for (variables in an analysis) by limiting the data under consideration to a comparison of like things: to control for demographic factors.
[20] to command, direct, or rule to control a country
[21] to check, limit, curb, or regulate; restrain to control one's emotions ; to control a fire
[22] to regulate or operate (a machine)
[23] to verify (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment in which the variable being investigated is held constant or is compared with a standard
[24] to regulate (financial affairs) to examine and verify (financial accounts)
[25] to restrict or regulate the authorized supply of (certain substances, such as drugs)
[26] power to direct or determine under control ; out of control
[27] a means of regulation or restraint; curb; check a frontier control
[28] (often plural) a device or mechanism for operating a car, aircraft, etc
[29] a standard of comparison used in a statistical analysis or scientific experiment
[30] a device that regulates the operation of a machine. A dynamic control is one that incorporates a governor so that it responds to the output of the machine it regulates (as modifier ) control panel ; control room
[31] spiritualism an agency believed to assist the medium in a séance
[32] Also called: control mark a letter, or letter and number, printed on a sheet of postage stamps, indicating authenticity, date, and series of issue
[33] one of a number of checkpoints on a car rally, orienteering course, etc, where competitors check in and their time, performance, etc, is recorded

Words related to Controlling

controlgoverning, predominant

Words nearby Controlling

controlcontrite, contrition, contrivance, contrive, contrived, control, control account, control board, control center, control character, control chart

Origin of Controlling

1425–75; late Middle English co(u)ntrollen (v.) < Anglo-French contreroller to keep a duplicate account or roll, derivative of contrerolle (noun). See counter-, roll

Other words from Controlling

con·trol·la·ble , adjective, noun
con·trol·la·bil·i·ty , con·trol·la·ble·ness , noun
con·trol·la·bly , adverb
con·trol·less , adjective
con·trol·ling·ly , adverb
non·con·trol·la·ble , adjective
non·con·trol·la·bly , adverb
non·con·trolled , adjective
non·con·trol·ling , adjective
o·ver·con·trol , verb (used with object), o·ver·con·trolled, o·ver·con·trol·ling, noun
pre·con·trol , noun, verb (used with object), pre·con·trolled, pre·con·trol·ling.
qua·si-con·trolled , adjective
qua·si-con·trol·ling , adjective
sub·con·trol , verb (used with object), sub·con·trolled, sub·con·trol·ling.
su·per·con·trol , noun
un·con·trolled , adjective
un·con·trol·ling , adjective
well-con·trolled , adjective

Word origin for Controlling

C15: from Old French conteroller to regulate, from contrerolle duplicate register, system of checking, from contre- counter- + rolle roll

Synonyms for Controlling

governing, regulating, supervising, predominant