Word: Controlling
How to pronounce: kənˈtrəʊlɪŋ
Noun
Definitions:
1. The power to influence or direct people's behaviour or the course of events.
Example sentences: "The whole operation is under the control of a production manager"
2. A person or thing used as a standard of comparison for checking the results of a survey or experiment.
Example sentences: "Platelet activity was higher in patients with the disease than in the controls"
3. A member of an intelligence organization who personally directs the activities of a spy.
Example sentences: "He sat with his KGB control as the details of his new assignment were explained"
4. A high card that will prevent the opponents from establishing a particular suit.
Verb
Definitions:
1. Determine the behaviour or supervise the running of.
Example sentences: "He was appointed to control the company's marketing strategy"
2. Take into account (an extraneous factor that might affect the results of an experiment)
Example sentences: "No attempt was made to control for variations"
Synonyms:
supervisory
management
managing
Antonyms:
noncontrolling
Derivations:
controllable
controlled
control
controller
controllability
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Controlling in Other Languages...
Spanish: Controlling
German: Controlling
French: Majoritaire
Italian: Controllante
Turkish: Kontrol
