con·trol

(kən-trōl′)

tr.v. con·trolled, con·trol·ling, con·trols

1. To exercise authoritative or dominating influence over; direct: The majority party controls the legislative agenda. See Synonyms at conduct.

2. To adjust to a requirement; regulate: rules that control trading on the stock market; valves that control the flow of water.

3. To hold in restraint; check: struggled to control my temper.

4. To reduce or prevent the spread of: used a pesticide to control insects; controlled the fire by dousing it with water.

a. To verify or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or by comparing with another standard.

b. To verify (a financial account, for example) by using a duplicate register for comparison.

1. Authority or ability to manage or direct: lost control of the skidding car; the leaders in control of the country.

2. One that controls; a controlling agent, device, or organization.

a. An instrument.

b. controls A set of such instruments.

4. A restraining device, measure, or limit; a curb: a control on prices; price controls.

a. A standard of comparison for checking or verifying the results of a scientific experiment.

b. An individual or group used as a standard of comparison in a scientific experiment, as a group of subjects given an inactive substance in an experiment testing a new drug administered to another group of subjects.

6. An intelligence agent who supervises or instructs another agent.

7. A spirit presumed to speak or act through a medium.

[Middle English controllen, from Anglo-Norman contreroller, from Medieval Latin contrārotulāre, to check by duplicate register, from contrārotulus, duplicate register : Latin contrā-, contra- + Latin rotulus, roll, diminutive of rota, wheel; see ret- in Indo-European roots.]

con·trol′la·bil′i·ty n.

con·trol′la·ble adj.

con·trol′la·bly adv.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.

controlled - restrained or managed or kept within certain bounds; "controlled emotions"; "the controlled release of water from reservoirs"

restrained - under restraint

uncontrolled - not being under control; out of control; "the greatest uncontrolled health problem is AIDS"; "uncontrolled growth"

controlled

adjective

Tending to keep one's thoughts and emotions to oneself:

inhibited, noncommittal, reserved, restrained, self-controlled, self-restrained.

Translations

gehalten

controllato

controlled

[kənˈtrəʊld] ADJ

1. (= restrained) [emotion] → contenido
she was very controlled → tenía gran dominio de sí misma
she spoke in a controlled voice → al hablar, su voz no reveló lo que sentía

2. (= regulated) → controlado
controlled economy → economía f dirigida
controlled explosion → explosión f controlada

3. (= restricted) [drug, substance] que se dispensa únicamente con receta médica

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

controlled

[kənˈtrəʊld] adj (= restrained) [person, manner] → réservé(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

controlled

adj emotion, movement, voice → beherrscht; passion → gezügelt; conditions, rent → kontrolliert; prices → gebunden; temperature → geregelt; controlled drugs or substances → verschreibungspflichtige Medikamente pl

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

controlled

[kənˈtrəʊld] adj

a. (emotion) → contenuto/a
she was very controlled → era padrona di sé

b. (Econ) controlled economy → economia controllata

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Authentic children's literature that used colorful words and interesting plots replaced the stilted, controlled vocabulary of stories that were common in basal readers, and young writers were encouraged to express their thoughts using "temporary spelling," a process by which children write letters that match the sounds they hear in words.

Where's the library? Teaching braille reading with a meaning-oriented focus

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Research Report for GeSCI Meta-Review of ICT in Education