"controlling" meaning in English

See controlling in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /kənˈtɹoʊlɪŋ/ [General-American], /kənˈtɹəʊlɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-controlling.ogg Forms: more controlling [comparative], most controlling [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} controlling (comparative more controlling, superlative most controlling)
  1. (chiefly British) Exerting control over a person or thing. Tags: British Synonyms: bossy and manipulative Derived forms: controllingly, controllingness, enantiocontrolling, hypercontrolling, noncontrolling, regiocontrolling, stereocontrolling, uncontrolling Translations (exerting control): 控制欲很強的 (Chinese Mandarin), 控制欲很强的 (kòngzhìyù hěn qiáng de) (Chinese Mandarin), hallitseva (Finnish), அடக்குதல் (aṭakkutal) (Tamil)
    Sense id: en-controlling-en-adj-b0JfSnvn Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Tamil translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 32 4 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 53 27 11 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 59 27 8 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 57 32 5 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 72 14 7 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 78 12 5 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Tamil translations: 78 11 5 5

Noun

IPA: /kənˈtɹoʊlɪŋ/ [General-American], /kənˈtɹəʊlɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-controlling.ogg Forms: controllings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} controlling (plural controllings)
  1. The act of exerting control.
    Sense id: en-controlling-en-noun-7swEEie2

Verb

IPA: /kənˈtɹoʊlɪŋ/ [General-American], /kənˈtɹəʊlɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-controlling.ogg
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} controlling
  1. present participle and gerund of control Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: control
    Sense id: en-controlling-en-verb-RMCHhuIg
  2. present participle and gerund of controll Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: controll
    Sense id: en-controlling-en-verb-yKurvfz1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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