controlled
pronunciation
How to pronounce controlled in British English:
UK [kənˈtrəʊld]
How to pronounce controlled in American English:
US [kənˈtroʊld]
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- Adjective:
- restrained or managed or kept within certain bounds
- curbed or regulated
Word Origin
- controlled (adj.)
- 1580s, past participle adjective from control (v.). Of rent, from c. 1930.
Example
- 1. The internet itself is also tightly controlled .
- 2. These were not controlled conditions in the modern sense .
- 3. This observation needs to be verified with controlled research .
- 4. It means also open to the benefit of controlled immigration .
- 5. Feeder mixing is controlled by an operator .