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controlled

UK/kənˈtɹəʊld//kənˈtɹoʊld/

controlled adjective: inhibited or restrained in one's words and actions. Also the simple past and past participle of control.

Adjective

controlled (comparative more controlled, superlative most controlled)

  1. Inhibited or restrained in one's words and actions.
  2. Subjected to regulation or direction.
  3. (research) Resulting from a comparison with control samples; including a comparison (control) group. (describing clinical trials)
    • A randomized, controlled trial (RCT).
    • Attempto Controlled English (ACE).
  4. (in-compounds) Under the control of the specified entity.
    • The history of the Anglo-Indian Community in British-controlled India is one of many ups and downs, of vicissitudes and prosperity, of security and insecurity.1973, Noel Pitts Gist, Roy Dean Wright, Marginality and Identity, page 150

Also used as

controlled is also the simple past and past participle of control.

controlled is also the simple past and past participle of controll.

controlled meaning in Urdu, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada

controlled in Urdu

کنٹرول شدہ

controlled in Telugu

నియంత్రించబడింది

controlled in Malayalam

നിയന്ത്രിക്കപ്പെട്ടു, നിയന്ത്രണവിധേയമാക്കി, നിയന്ത്രിച്ചു

controlled in Kannada

ನಿಯಂತ್ರಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ
More languagesFewer languages
controlled in Punjabi
ਨਿਯੰਤਰਿਤ, ਕੰਟਰੋਲ ਕੀਤਾ, ਨਿਯੰਤਰਿਤ ਕੀਤਾ
controlled in Nepali
नियन्त्रित
controlled in Arabic
مُسيطر عليه, مُنظبط, خاضع

Examples of controlled in a sentence

  • Normally very controlled, he dropped the F-bomb and cursed the paparazzi.
  • In the USA, military conscription is controlled by the Selective Service.
  • The other heavenly bodies are primarily controlled by the attractive force of the Sun.

All 40 example sentences with controlled

Forms of controlled

comparativemore controlled
superlativemost controlled

Words formed from controlled

Phrases with controlled

1 more phrasesFewer phrases

Questions about controlled

What does controlled mean?
Controlled means inhibited or restrained in one's words and actions.
What is controlled in Urdu?
Controlled in Urdu is کنٹرول شدہ. See Controlled meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is controlled?
Controlled is an adjective.
How do you pronounce controlled?
Controlled is pronounced /kənˈtɹəʊld/ (UK).

Words near controlled in the dictionary

  1. controllability
  2. controllable
  3. controllableness
  4. controllables
  5. controllably
  6. controlled
  7. controlled atmosphere
  8. controlled burn
  9. controlled burned
  10. controlled burning
  11. controlled burns

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Adapted from Wiktionary: controlled (page history and authors); controlled (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); controlled (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); controlled (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); controlled (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); controlled (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); controlled (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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