What does controlling mean?

Definitions for controlling
con·trol·ling

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. controllingadjective

    able to control or determine policy

    "a controlling interest in the firm"

Wiktionary

  1. controllingadjective

    Having control over a person or thing.

    His mother is very controlling.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Controlling

    of Control

Editors Contribution

  1. controllingverb

    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  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of controlling in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of controlling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of controlling in a Sentence

  1. Eran Elinav:

    Measuring such a large cohort without any prejudice really enlightened us on how inaccurate we all were about one of the most basic concepts of our existence, which is what we eat and how we integrate nutrition into our daily life, in contrast to our current practices, tailoring diets to the individual may allow us to utilize nutrition as means of controlling elevated blood sugar levels and its associated medical conditions.

  2. Thomas Husson:

    Controlling how people use these tools seems very difficult as we have seen with ISIS or this tragic event in Paris.

  3. Ron Vitiello:

    This is going to cause more chaos at our border, it's going to increase what we've seen… thousands of people coming into the United States every 24 hours, families, children, people in that pipeline being exploited for human trafficking, the drug smugglers, the cartels controlling the border, versus us and our agents out there patrolling the border.

  4. Attorney General Matt Whitaker:

    The Republicans have not been able to get a budget passed in the last two years with their own votes, despite controlling the House Intelligence and the Senate, so if they want Democratic votes, we're saying they're going to need to ensure that the Robert Mueller investigation is protected.

  5. Henry B. Adams:

    The work of internal government has become the task of controlling the thousands of fifth-rate men

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