under control
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.23 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep_phrase
Being taken care of or being addressed.
prep_phrase
Being actively controlled, or able to be actively controlled in its current state.
Example Sentences
- "Don't worry; the police have been called and the situation is under control."
- "Throughout the turbulence encounter, the pilots kept the aircraft under control."
- "The control rods absorb neutrons in the reactor core, keeping the fission reaction under control and preventing it from going prompt critical."