Controllable
adjective
Able to be managed or directed.
The budget for this project should be controllable.
Often appears as...
- controllable costs
- controllable risk
adjective
Able to be restricted or kept within limits.
The growth of the consumer market is not easily controllable.
Often appears as...
- controllable behavior
- controllable speed
adjective
Able to be influenced or modified according to need or desire.
The oven has a controllable thermostat.
Often appears as...
- controllable temperature
- controllable volume
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Technical
adjective
Able to be managed or directed.
The budget for this project should be controllable.
Often appears as...
- controllable costs
- controllable risk
adjective
Able to be restricted or kept within limits.
The growth of the consumer market is not easily controllable.
Often appears as...
- controllable behavior
- controllable speed
adjective
Able to be influenced or modified according to need or desire.
The oven has a controllable thermostat.
Often appears as...
- controllable temperature
- controllable volume
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Corporate Language
Controllable is often used in business to describe expenses or aspects an organization can regulate.
During the meeting, we will discuss the controllable costs for the next quarter.
Pro Tip 2/2Planning Aspect
Emphasizes elements that can be planned or adjusted in various processes or strategies.
Our team worked on the controllable factors to improve the campaign's success.
Pro Tip 1/2Corporate Language
Controllable is often used in business to describe expenses or aspects an organization can regulate.
During the meeting, we will discuss the controllable costs for the next quarter.
Pro Tip 2/2Planning Aspect
Emphasizes elements that can be planned or adjusted in various processes or strategies.
Our team worked on the controllable factors to improve the campaign's success.
Pro Tip 1/2Corporate Language
Controllable is often used in business to describe expenses or aspects an organization can regulate.
During the meeting, we will discuss the controllable costs for the next quarter.
Pro Tip 2/2Planning Aspect
Emphasizes elements that can be planned or adjusted in various processes or strategies.
Our team worked on the controllable factors to improve the campaign's success.
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Your elusive creative...
who I got to interview several years ago on a magazine assignment. And we were talking about this, and you know, Tom, for most of his life, he was pretty much the embodiment of the tormented contemporary modern artist, trying to control and manage and dominate these sort of uncontrollable creative impulses that were totally internalized.
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Alex Laskey: How...
we have people comparing themselves to their neighbors, and then we give everyone targeted recommendations to help them save. We started with paper, we moved to a mobile application, web, and now even a controllable thermostat, and for the last five years we've been running the largest behavioral science experiment in the world.
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Meet the dazzling flying...
It turns out that decades ago, skilled pilots were able to fly remote-controlled aircraft that had only two moving a propeller and a tail rudder. We recently discovered that it could be done with just one. This is the monospinner, the world's mechanically simplest controllable flying machine, invented just a few months ago.
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What is bipolar...
The causes are complex, and consequently, diagnosing and living with bipolar disorder is a challenge. Despite this, the disorder is controllable. Certain medications like lithium can help manage risky thoughts and behaviors by stabilizing moods.
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Life is messy. Embrace...
leaving some messes untied heed and some questions unanswered so much beauty can come from chaos but it's not the obvious kind it's subtle and dazzling and yes uncontrollable it was mayhem that healed me but I was i chaos deficient well as
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How brass instruments...
that can be heard in musical genres across the globe. By harnessing the power of natural resonance in a flexible and controllable way, brass instruments are great examples of the fusion of human creativity with the physics of our world.
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Wildfires 101 PIPE National...
for fires to erupt. However, about 90% of wildfires are caused by human activity, such as campfires that become uncontrollable, improperly handled cigarettes, or arson. Although wildfires occur worldwide, they are most common
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You aren't at the mercy...
They are not hardwired brain reactions that are uncontrollable. We have misunderstood the nature of emotion for a very long time, and understanding what emotions really are has important consequences for all of us.
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Benoit Mandelbrot:...
is one which is, in a certain sense, very peculiar because it's very old. Roughness is part of human life forever and forever, and ancient authors have written about it. It was very much uncontrollable,
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A Perfect Planet:...
volcanoes are powerful and uncontrollable forces
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Your elusive creative...
who I got to interview several years ago on a magazine assignment. And we were talking about this, and you know, Tom, for most of his life, he was pretty much the embodiment of the tormented contemporary modern artist, trying to control and manage and dominate these sort of uncontrollable creative impulses that were totally internalized.
Video examples
Alex Laskey: How...
we have people comparing themselves to their neighbors, and then we give everyone targeted recommendations to help them save. We started with paper, we moved to a mobile application, web, and now even a controllable thermostat, and for the last five years we've been running the largest behavioral science experiment in the world.
Video examples
Meet the dazzling flying...
It turns out that decades ago, skilled pilots were able to fly remote-controlled aircraft that had only two moving a propeller and a tail rudder. We recently discovered that it could be done with just one. This is the monospinner, the world's mechanically simplest controllable flying machine, invented just a few months ago.
Video examples
What is bipolar...
The causes are complex, and consequently, diagnosing and living with bipolar disorder is a challenge. Despite this, the disorder is controllable. Certain medications like lithium can help manage risky thoughts and behaviors by stabilizing moods.
Video examples
Life is messy. Embrace...
leaving some messes untied heed and some questions unanswered so much beauty can come from chaos but it's not the obvious kind it's subtle and dazzling and yes uncontrollable it was mayhem that healed me but I was i chaos deficient well as
Video examples
How brass instruments...
that can be heard in musical genres across the globe. By harnessing the power of natural resonance in a flexible and controllable way, brass instruments are great examples of the fusion of human creativity with the physics of our world.
Video examples
Wildfires 101 PIPE National...
for fires to erupt. However, about 90% of wildfires are caused by human activity, such as campfires that become uncontrollable, improperly handled cigarettes, or arson. Although wildfires occur worldwide, they are most common
Video examples
You aren't at the mercy...
They are not hardwired brain reactions that are uncontrollable. We have misunderstood the nature of emotion for a very long time, and understanding what emotions really are has important consequences for all of us.
Video examples
Benoit Mandelbrot:...
is one which is, in a certain sense, very peculiar because it's very old. Roughness is part of human life forever and forever, and ancient authors have written about it. It was very much uncontrollable,
Video examples
A Perfect Planet:...
volcanoes are powerful and uncontrollable forces
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Catherine Zeta-Jones
Welsh Actress
I'm not the kind of person who likes to shout out my personal issues from the rooftops, but with my bipolar becoming public, I hope fellow sufferers will know it's completely controllable. I hope I can help remove any stigma attached to it, and that those who don't have it under control will seek help with all that is available to treat it.
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Elliot Cowan
English Actor
Characters in TV and theatre tend to experience a lot of conflict, so I push myself through sport to physical and emotional levels that hurt so I've some other reference for extreme experience that isn't me shouting at my girlfriend or my mum. It's a way of controlling the uncontrollable.
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Mario Vargas Llosa
Peruvian Writer
Sartre said that wars were acts and that, with literature, you could produce changes in history. Now, I don't think literature doesn't produce changes, but I think the social and political effect of literature is much less controllable than I thought.
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Jim Crace
English Writer
All the uncontrollable and unpredictable parts of my life - from the actual creation to my emotional responses to the finished book - I've succeeded in banishing to the office. And I think I'm happier for it.
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James Taylor
American Musician
If you're an addict, it controls your life and your life becomes uncontrollable. It's boring and painful, filling your system with something that makes you stare at your shoes for six hours.
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Carrie Nugent
American Scientist
An asteroid impact in the worst case scenario is a terrifying thing. It seems very uncontrollable: in popular culture, it's often a metaphor for human powerlessness over the world.
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Steven Seagal
American Actor
For a while, I had this uncontrollable urge - this addiction to danger. Now I look back and I think, 'Gee, what an idiot. I was risking my life just for the sensation of it.
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Dorothy L. Sayers
British Author
Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by any earthly force.
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Eric Bana
Australian Actor
I am attracted to characters who think they are in control, but their situation is uncontrollable.
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E. W. Howe
American Novelist
Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.
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Catherine Zeta-Jones
Welsh Actress
I'm not the kind of person who likes to shout out my personal issues from the rooftops, but with my bipolar becoming public, I hope fellow sufferers will know it's completely controllable. I hope I can help remove any stigma attached to it, and that those who don't have it under control will seek help with all that is available to treat it.
Quote examples
Elliot Cowan
English Actor
Characters in TV and theatre tend to experience a lot of conflict, so I push myself through sport to physical and emotional levels that hurt so I've some other reference for extreme experience that isn't me shouting at my girlfriend or my mum. It's a way of controlling the uncontrollable.
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Mario Vargas Llosa
Peruvian Writer
Sartre said that wars were acts and that, with literature, you could produce changes in history. Now, I don't think literature doesn't produce changes, but I think the social and political effect of literature is much less controllable than I thought.
Quote examples
Jim Crace
English Writer
All the uncontrollable and unpredictable parts of my life - from the actual creation to my emotional responses to the finished book - I've succeeded in banishing to the office. And I think I'm happier for it.
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James Taylor
American Musician
If you're an addict, it controls your life and your life becomes uncontrollable. It's boring and painful, filling your system with something that makes you stare at your shoes for six hours.
Quote examples
Carrie Nugent
American Scientist
An asteroid impact in the worst case scenario is a terrifying thing. It seems very uncontrollable: in popular culture, it's often a metaphor for human powerlessness over the world.
Quote examples
Steven Seagal
American Actor
For a while, I had this uncontrollable urge - this addiction to danger. Now I look back and I think, 'Gee, what an idiot. I was risking my life just for the sensation of it.
Quote examples
Dorothy L. Sayers
British Author
Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by any earthly force.
Quote examples
Eric Bana
Australian Actor
I am attracted to characters who think they are in control, but their situation is uncontrollable.
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E. W. Howe
American Novelist
Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.
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