controlled

«controlled» in Mova's school dictionary: the past form of «control»: made something or someone do… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb, past tense and past participle of «control» (control, controls, controlled, controlling); adjective (controlled)

meaning for a pupil

1) Controlled is the past form of «control»: made something or someone do what you want, or kept it in order. tree →

2) As an adjective, controlled means kept steady, calm or within limits, not wild. tree →

3) In science, a controlled test is one where you change only one thing and keep the rest the same. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons, a «controlled experiment» or «fair test» changes one variable and keeps others the same. In PE, a controlled movement is slow and careful. In stories, a character who controlled their temper stayed calm. Phrases: «controlled by», «remote-controlled», «well controlled», «out of control» (the opposite state).

examples

• She controlled the ball with her left foot. tree →
• The robot is controlled by a computer. tree →
• He took a deep breath and controlled his anger. tree →
• We did a controlled experiment and changed only the amount of water. tree →
• The firefighters controlled the fire before it reached the houses. tree →
• My brother has a remote-controlled car. tree →
• The traffic is controlled by lights at the crossing. tree →
• Her breathing was slow and controlled. tree →
• But he controlled himself and said: “Let me be, wife; what ails you? tree →

note

Double «l» before -ed and -ing: control, controlled, controlling (but «controls»). Spelling trap: not «controled». In a science test, the «controlled variables» are the ones you keep the same. Not a number word, but in a problem «controlled» may mean a quantity was kept fixed.

In the corpora

• Some illnesses in old age never go away; doctors call them chronic, and they can be controlled but not cured.
• Vibrato is a controlled wobble in the voice that singers use on purpose, different from a nervous shake.
• Some films use real controlled explosions, handled only by licensed experts with strict safety rules, while others add explosions by computer.
• American alligators live in swamps, rivers and lakes in the south-eastern USA and recovered from being endangered once hunting was controlled.
• At light-controlled crossings you press the button and wait for the walk signal.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «controlled» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.