controlling
adjective
con·trol·ling
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Definition of controlling
: inclined to control others' behavior : domineering
Examples of controlling in a Sentence
She is very strict and controlling.
The larger bank remained the controlling party when it took over the smaller banks.
He paid over 40 million dollars for a controlling interest in the company.
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There is currently no vaccine, so controlling mosquitoes is the best way to prevent infection, said Ryan, the University of Florida professor. — Arman Azad, CNN, "West Nile virus cases rose in the US in 2018, killing 167 people," 9 Aug. 2019 The occupation has endured for more than fifty years, and has grown ever more controlling, cruel, and intractable. — Bernard Avishai, The New Yorker, "By Barring Two Congresswomen, Trump and Netanyahu Set a Trap for Democrats," 18 Aug. 2019 Bloomberg Authentic BlackRock BlackRock is buying a controlling stake in Authentic Brands, the company that owns the brand rights to Marilyn Monroe and that also recently bought former Fortune stablemate Sports Illustrated. — David Meyer, Fortune, "The Dangers of Tech Firms’ Safe Harbor: CEO Daily," 12 Aug. 2019 Attention just completed its first deal alongside James Murdoch's Lupa Systems, acquiring a controlling stake in Robert De Niro's Tribeca Enterprises. — Polina Marinova, Fortune, "There Are 5 New Billion-Dollar Companies In Today’s Fortune Term Sheet," 6 Aug. 2019 Last year, Molson Coors took a controlling stake in a joint venture with a licensed pot producer in Canada called HEXO. — Amanda Chicago Lewis, The Verge, "Big Alcohol is pouring," 30 July 2019 When Ping An acquired a controlling stake in the New York–listed company from Telstra, the Australian telecom giant, in 2016, Autohome was seen as promising but unproven. — Fortune, "China’s Biggest Private Sector Company Is Betting Its Future on Data," 22 July 2019 In 2015, a new law was introduced in the U.K. which criminalized coercive or controlling behavior. — Kerensa Cadenas, EW.com, "Kate Davies' In at the Deep End tells the truth about coming out later in life," 1 July 2019 A year after purchasing a controlling stake in the event, Live Nation bought a majority share of festival co-founder Ashley Capps Entertainment. — Dave Brooks, Billboard, "Live Nation Buying Out Superfly's Share of Bonnaroo," 24 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'controlling.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for controlling
controlling
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of controlling
: having a need to control other people's behavior
: having the power to control how something is managed or done
: giving someone the power to control how something is managed or done
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controlling
adjectiveLegal Definition of controlling
1a
: exercising domination or influence
the controlling principles of law
b
: dispositive
judgment debtor's stipulation to pay a specified amount is not controlling— J. H. Friedenthal et al.
2
: having controlling interest
controlling shareholders