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Definition of Controlling
1. Adjective. Able to control or determine policy. "A controlling interest in the firm"
Definition of Controlling
1. Adjective. Having control over a person or thing. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of control) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Controlling
1. control [v] - See also: control
Lexicographical Neighbors of Controlling
Literary usage of Controlling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by United States (1918)
"controlling PURPOSE. To comply with the Federal act, the purpose of an evening
... In the controlling purpose of an evening industrial school there must be ..."
2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1858)
"On controlling the Movements of Ordinary Clocks li/ Galvanic Currents. By JOHN
HARTNUP, FRAS Since the application of electricity to the purposes of the ..."
3. Thirty Years' View; Or, A History of the Working of the American Government by Thomas Hart Benton (1854)
"They are both borrowed from the British constitution, where their effect has been
seen in controlling the course of the whole government, and bringing great ..."
4. History of Domestic and Foreign Commerce of the United States by Emory Richard Johnson, Thurman William Van Metre, Grover Gerhardt Huebner, David Scott Hanchet (1922)
"Analysis of the conditions controlling economic progress,. The continental shelf
and the fisheries, 5. Shore line and harbors, 6. The rivers, the fur trade, ..."
5. A Treatise on Equity Jurisprudence, as Administered in the United States of by John Norton Pomeroy (1899)
"Ita meaning; is a rule controlling the administration of remedies. § 419. ...
Its Meaning; Is a Role controlling the Ad- ministration of Remedies. ..."
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