ALL meanings of controlling
con·trol
C c - adjective controlling having or attempting to exert control 3
- adjective controlling trying to control others' behaviour in an inappropriate way 3
- noun controlling Having control over a person or thing. 1
- verb with object controlling to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops. 1
- verb with object controlling to hold in check; curb: to control a horse; to control one's emotions. 1
- verb with object controlling to test or verify (a scientific experiment) by a parallel experiment or other standard of comparison. 1
- verb with object controlling to eliminate or prevent the flourishing or spread of: to control a forest fire. 1
- verb with object controlling Obsolete. to check or regulate (transactions), originally by means of a duplicate register. 1
- noun controlling the act or power of controlling; regulation; domination or command: Who's in control here? 1
- noun controlling the situation of being under the regulation, domination, or command of another: The car is out of control. 1
- noun controlling check or restraint: Her anger is under control. 1
- noun controlling a legal or official means of regulation or restraint: to institute wage and price controls. 1
- noun controlling Statistics. control variable (def 1). 1
- noun controlling a person who acts as a check; controller. 1
- noun controlling a device for regulating and guiding a machine, as a motor or airplane. 1
- noun controlling controls, a coordinated arrangement of such devices. 1
- noun controlling prevention of the flourishing or spread of something undesirable: rodent control. 1
- noun controlling Baseball. the ability of a pitcher to throw the ball into the strike zone consistently: The rookie pitcher has great power but no control. 1
- noun controlling Philately. any device printed on a postage or revenue stamp to authenticate it as a government issue or to identify it for bookkeeping purposes. 1
- noun controlling a spiritual agency believed to assist a medium at a séance. 1
- noun controlling the supervisor to whom an espionage agent reports when in the field. 1
- verb controlling present participle of control. 0