controller

«controller» in Mova's school dictionary: A hand-held device with buttons and sticks used to play… — 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

noun (a controller, controllers)

meaning for a pupil

1) A hand-held device with buttons and sticks used to play video games or work a machine such as a toy car or drone. tree →

2) A person whose job is to control or manage something, such as an air traffic controller. tree →

3) A part of a machine that controls how it works. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life, children use game controllers and remote controls. In technology lessons, a controller sends signals to make something move or change. In jobs, air traffic controllers guide planes safely. Phrases: game controller, remote controller, air traffic controller, wireless controller.

examples

• Pass me the second controller so we can play together. tree →
• The controller's batteries are flat. tree →
• My drone has a small controller. tree →
• Air traffic controllers tell pilots when to land. tree →
• Press the A button on the controller to jump. tree →
• Put the controller away when screen time is over. tree →

note

Countable. Double l: c-o-n-t-r-o-l-l-e-r. The verb is "control" (controlled, controlling). A "remote control" for a TV is also often called a "remote". Screen time tip: take breaks from games.

In the corpora

• Jayden knocked orange squash over the brand new controller.
• Kai kept saying «one more life» and had been on the controller for forty minutes.
• There were three kids and two controllers, and Zara always got the spare one that stuck.
• Theo lost three races in a row and threw the controller onto the sofa.
• Anger takes one second; a broken controller and a cross mum last much longer.

Trees and pragmatics

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