
Meaning of CONTROLLING
| Pronunciation: | | kuntr'owling
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| | Definition: | | [adj] able to control or determine policy; "a controlling interest in the firm" |
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| | Synonyms: | | dominant |
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| | Related Terms: | | absolute, all-absorbing, ascendant, at the head, authoritarian, authoritative, authorized, autocratic, boss, capital, cardinal, chief, clothed with authority, commanding, competent, consequential, considerable, directing, directive, directorial, directory, dominant, duly constituted, eminent, empowered, ex officio, foremost, general, governing, great, guiding, head, hegemonic, hegemonistic, highest, imperative, important, in ascendancy, in charge, in chief, in the ascendant, influential, leading, main, managerial, managing, master, mighty, momentous, monocratic, official, overriding, overruling, paramount, potent, powerful, predominant, predominate, preeminent, premier, prepollent, preponderant, preponderate, prepotent, prestigious, prevalent, primary, prime, principal, prominent, puissant, ranking, regnant, regulating, regulative, regulatory, reigning, ruling, senior, sovereign, substantial, superior, supreme, topmost, totalitarian, uppermost, weighty |
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