controlling

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English

Pronunciation

Adjective

controlling (comparative more controlling, superlative most controlling)

  1. (chiefly British) Exerting control over a person or thing.
    His mother is very controlling.

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Verb

controlling

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

Noun

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.

Descendants

  • → Polish: kontroling, controlling

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English controlling.[1]

Pronunciation

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

Noun

controlling m inan

  1. (business) Alternative spelling of kontroling

Declension

Declension of controlling
singular plural
nominative controlling controllingi
genitive controllingu controllingów
dative controllingowi controllingom
accusative controlling controllingi
instrumental controllingiem controllingami
locative controllingu controllingach
vocative controllingu controllingi

References

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “controlling”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN

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