controlling

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kənˈtɹoʊlɪŋ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kənˈtɹəʊlɪŋ/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: con‧trol‧ling

Adjective

controlling (comparative more controlling, superlative most controlling)

1. (chiefly British) Exerting control over a person or thing.

   His mother is very controlling.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:bossy and manipulative

Derived terms

• controllingly
• controllingness
• enantiocontrolling
• hypercontrolling
• noncontrolling
• regiocontrolling
• stereocontrolling
• uncontrolling

Translations

exerting control

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 控制欲很強的 / 控制欲很强的 (kòngzhìyù hěn qiáng de)

• Finnish: hallitseva (fi)
• Tamil: அடக்குதல் (aṭakkutal)

Verb

controlling

1. present participle and gerund of control
2. present participle and gerund of controll

Noun

controlling (plural controllings)

1. The act of exerting control.
   • 1856, The Earthen Vessel and Christian Record & Review, page 44:

     What humble submission presided within; / How free from the reign, and controllings of sin.

Descendants

• → Polish: kontroling, controlling

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English controlling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔnˈtrɔ.liŋk/
• Rhymes: -ɔliŋk
• Syllabification: con‧tro‧lling

Noun

controlling m inan

1. (business) alternative spelling of kontroling

Declension

Declension of controlling

	singular	plural
nominative	controlling	controllingi
genitive	controllingu	controllingów
dative	controllingowi	controllingom
accusative	controlling	controllingi
instrumental	controllingiem	controllingami
locative	controllingu	controllingach
vocative	controllingu	controllingi

Further reading

• controlling in Polish dictionaries at PWN