Meanings
comparative more controlled · superlative most controlled
- Inhibited or restrained in one's words and actions.
- Subjected to regulation or direction.
- researchmedicineResulting from a comparison with control samples; including a comparison (control) group. (describing clinical trials)
Attempto Controlled English (ACE).
1 more example
A randomized, controlled trial (RCT).
- in compoundsUnder the control of the specified entity.
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.
1973, Noel Pitts Gist, Roy Dean Wright, Marginality and Identity, page 150
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiverestrained or managed or kept within certain bounds
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic مُسيطر عليه, مُنظبط
- مُسيطر عليهinhibited or restrained in one's words or actions
- مُنظبطresulting from a comparison
- خاضعUnder the control of the specified entity
Finnish hillitty, hallittu
- hillittyinhibited or restrained in one's words or actions
- hallittuinhibited or restrained in one's words or actions
- kontrolloituresulting from a comparison
- verrokki-resulting from a comparison
- ohjattuUnder the control of the specified entity
- hallittuUnder the control of the specified entity
- hallitsemaUnder the control of the specified entity
- tarkastettuUnder the control of the specified entity
French contrôlé
- contrôléresulting from a comparison
German kontrolliert, beherrscht
- kontrolliertresulting from a comparison
- beherrschtUnder the control of the specified entity
- kontrolliertUnder the control of the specified entity
Hungarian kontrollált
- kontrolláltresulting from a comparison
Italian controllato
- controllatoresulting from a comparison
Latin moderātus
- moderātusinhibited or restrained in one's words or actions
Portuguese controlado
- controladoresulting from a comparison
Romanian controlat, controlat
- controlatinhibited or restrained in one's words or actions
- controlatresulting from a comparison
Spanish controlado
- controladoresulting from a comparison
Cite this entry
controlled. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/controlled
“controlled.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/controlled. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “controlled,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/controlled.
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