how to pronounce controlling
/kənˈtɹoʊlɪŋ/
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controlling is pronounced in three syllables
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An example use of controlling in a speech by a native speaker of british english:
“… is a way of controlling the population …”
meanings of controlling
adjective:
- Exerting control over a person or thing.
verb:
- Present participle of control.
noun:
- The act of exerting control.
controlling frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR
the word controlling occurs in english on average 19.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.
topics controlling can be related to
it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that controlling can be often used in the following areas:
1) business and work;
2) communication, information, and media;
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