What does controlling mean?
Definitions for controlling
con·trol·ling
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Princeton's WordNet
controlling(adj)
able to control or determine policy
"a controlling interest in the firm"
Wiktionary
controlling(Adjective)
Having control over a person or thing.
His mother is very controlling.
Webster Dictionary
Controlling
of Control
Editors Contribution
controlling
Verb form of the word control.
Controlling the budget was essential for the wedding and they did it easily.
Submitted by MaryC on March 20, 2020
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of controlling in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of controlling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of controlling in a Sentence
The chief issue controlling our most consequential decisions isn’t determining whether we can; it’s figuring out whether we should.
These investigators were able to take advantage of a very large population database to look within families and compare the risk for siblings who were induced versus those who were n’t, thus better controlling for other genetic and environmental risks.
Controlling how people use these tools seems very difficult as we have seen with ISIS or this tragic event in Paris.
The chief issue controlling our most consequential decisions isn’t determining whether we can—it’s figuring out whether we should.
If you look at the X-51, the size is slightly too big to put it on our current bombers, it was made as a demonstrator. There’s no weapon in it. There are no sensors on board for controlling the guidance. So we’re looking at making it more durable, getting the guidance control developed so that it can become a weapon system, developing the ordnance.
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- السيطرةArabic
- RegelungGerman
- έλεγχοGreek
- controladorSpanish
- valvontaanFinnish
- को नियंत्रित करनेHindi
- kontrollingHungarian
- mengendalikanIndonesian
- controlloItalian
- 제어Korean
- het regelenDutch
- kontrolowaniePolish
- controladorPortuguese
- controlorRomanian
- управлениеRussian
- kontrollerandeSwedish
- การควบคุมThai
- kontrolTurkish
- управлінняUkrainian
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