Controlled

//kənˈtɹəʊld// adj, verb

adj, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of control form-of, participle, past
  2. 2
    simple past and past participle of controll form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Inhibited or restrained in one's words and actions.
  2. 2
    Subjected to regulation or direction.
  3. 3
    Resulting from a comparison with control samples; including a comparison (control) group. (describing clinical trials)

    "A randomized, controlled trial (RCT)."

  4. 4
    Under the control of the specified entity. in-compounds

    "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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    restrained or managed or kept within certain bounds wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
arrestedchastenedcollectedconservativeconstrainedcontained

Example

More examples

"Boeing's safety experts have joined others in the industry to form an international task force to try to eliminate one particular kind of air crash known as controlled flight into terrain, CFIT."

Related phrases

computer-controlled timingcontrolled atmospherecontrolled burncontrolled chaoscontrolled drugcontrolled explosioncontrolled flight into terraincontrolled oppositioncontrolled substancecontrolled variable timecontrolled vocabularycontrolled-access highway

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