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controlled

  • adjective
  • /kənˈtɹəʊld/

Inhibited or restrained in one's words and actions.

Other meanings

  1. Subjected to regulation or direction.

  2. Resulting from a comparison with control samples; including a comparison (control) group. describing clinical trials

    “A randomized, controlled trial (RCT).”

Related words

  • autocontrolled
  • controlled-release
  • controlledly
  • controlledness
  • enantiocontrolled
  • hypercontrolled
  • microcontrolled
  • myocontrolled
  • neurocontrolled
  • noncontrolled
  • paracontrolled
  • regiocontrolled

Example sentences

  • “The insurgency was widely condemned in state-controlled mass media outlets.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “controlled” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.