controlling

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

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: con‧trol‧ling

controlling (comparative more controlling, superlative most controlling)

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

   His mother is very controlling.

• See Thesaurus:bossy and manipulative

controlling

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

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.

• → Polish: kontroling, controlling

Unadapted borrowing from English controlling.^[1]

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

controlling m inan

1. (business) alternative spelling of kontroling

• controlling in Polish dictionaries at PWN