--- title: C — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 72 description: The 1959 words of the English dictionary under C, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/72/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / C # C — The English dictionary · page 72 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* Controlled is the past form of «control»: made something or someone do what you want, or kept it in order.[↗](../../controlled/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* As an adjective, controlled means kept steady, calm or within limits, not wild.[↗](../../controlled/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In science, a controlled test is one where you change only one thing and keep the rest the same.[↗](../../controlled/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She controlled the ball with her left foot.[↗](../../controlled/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The robot is controlled by a computer.[↗](../../controlled/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He took a deep breath and controlled his anger.[↗](../../controlled/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We did a controlled experiment and changed only the amount of water.[↗](../../controlled/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The firefighters controlled the fire before it reached the houses.[↗](../../controlled/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My brother has a remote-controlled car.[↗](../../controlled/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The traffic is controlled by lights at the crossing.[↗](../../controlled/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Her breathing was slow and controlled.[↗](../../controlled/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · But he controlled himself and said: “Let me be, wife; what ails you?[↗](../../controlled/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **controller** — *Everyday, meaning 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.[↗](../../controller/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A person whose job is to control or manage something, such as an air traffic controller.[↗](../../controller/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A part of a machine that controls how it works.[↗](../../controller/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Pass me the second controller so we can play together.[↗](../../controller/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The controller's batteries are flat.[↗](../../controller/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My drone has a small controller.[↗](../../controller/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Air traffic controllers tell pilots when to land.[↗](../../controller/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Press the A button on the controller to jump.[↗](../../controller/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Put the controller away when screen time is over.[↗](../../controller/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **controlling** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* As a verb form, controlling means being in charge of something or making it do what you want: «He is controlling the drone».[↗](../../controlling/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A controlling person tries too hard to control other people and what they do, which is unkind and unfair.[↗](../../controlling/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A controlling share or interest means enough to have power over a company.[↗](../../controlling/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She is controlling the robot with a tablet.[↗](../../controlling/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In a fair test we are controlling all the variables but one.[↗](../../controlling/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her friend was very controlling and wouldn't let her play with others.[↗](../../controlling/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Controlling your temper takes practice.[↗](../../controlling/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The company bought a controlling share.[↗](../../controlling/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Controlling the ball well is key in football.[↗](../../controlling/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **controversy** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A controversy is a long, heated argument in which people strongly disagree about something.[↗](../../controversy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, and the judges judge them, by justifying the righteous, and condemning the wicked, (Torah DEU.25.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../controversy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges that shall be in those days.[↗](../../controversy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.19.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../controversy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · For the LORD hath a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the controversy of Zion.[↗](../../controversy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.34.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../controversy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways, according to his doings will He recompense him.[↗](../../controversy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HOS.12.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../controversy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites and the priests, and of the heads of the fathers' houses of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and for controversies.[↗](../../controversy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.19.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../controversy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · There was a controversy in the class about who won the race.[↗](../../controversy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The animals had a controversy over who was the bravest.[↗](../../controversy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **contumely** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* insulting, rude and scornful treatment.[↗](../../contumely/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And they said unto him: 'Thus saith Hezekiah: This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of contumely; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.[↗](../../contumely/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.19.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../contumely/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **contusion** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (medicine) A contusion is a bruise: an injury where the skin is not broken but blood leaks under it, making a dark mark.[↗](../../contusion/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The doctor said the dark mark on my knee was only a contusion.[↗](../../contusion/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The footballer suffered a contusion after the hard tackle.[↗](../../contusion/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The X-ray showed no broken bone, just a contusion.[↗](../../contusion/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She had a few cuts and contusions after falling off her bike.[↗](../../contusion/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Put ice on a contusion to stop it swelling.[↗](../../contusion/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A contusion turns purple, then green, then yellow as it heals.[↗](../../contusion/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **convalescence** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Convalescence is the time when someone slowly gets their strength back after an illness or operation.[↗](../../convalescence/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* After the operation, Grandpa needed six weeks of convalescence.[↗](../../convalescence/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · During her convalescence she read every book in the house.[↗](../../convalescence/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor said a quiet convalescence by the sea would help.[↗](../../convalescence/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the old story, the soldier spent his convalescence in a country hospital.[↗](../../convalescence/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Convalescence after flu can take a week or two.[↗](../../convalescence/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · His convalescence was slow, but he was back at school by spring.[↗](../../convalescence/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **convection** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Convection is the way heat moves through a liquid or a gas: the warm part rises and the cooler part sinks, making a current that goes round.[↗](../../convection/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Convection carries warm air up to the ceiling.[↗](../../convection/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Hot water rises by convection in a pan.[↗](../../convection/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A radiator heats a room by convection.[↗](../../convection/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Draw arrows to show the convection current.[↗](../../convection/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A convection oven has a fan to blow hot air around.[↗](../../convection/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Sea breezes are caused by convection.[↗](../../convection/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **convene** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) To come together for a meeting.[↗](../../convene/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) To call people together for a meeting.[↗](../../convene/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The class council convened after lunch.[↗](../../convene/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The judges convened to choose the winner.[↗](../../convene/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The head teacher convened a meeting of parents.[↗](../../convene/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · World leaders convened to discuss the climate.[↗](../../convene/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The committee will convene again next week.[↗](../../convene/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The team convened in the hall.[↗](../../convene/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · An assembly was therefore convened at Mecone in order to settle these points.[↗](../../convene/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **convenience** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Convenience is being easy, useful or quick for you, so it saves time or trouble.[↗](../../convenience/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "for convenience, we eat at school".[↗](../../convenience/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A convenience is a thing that makes life easier, like a microwave.[↗](../../convenience/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* At your convenience means at a time that suits you.[↗](../../convenience/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (UK, euphemism, formal) A public convenience is a public toilet.[↗](../../convenience/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Convenience food is ready-made food that is quick to prepare.[↗](../../convenience/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We shop at the convenience store on the corner.[↗](../../convenience/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · For convenience, we packed sandwiches.[↗](../../convenience/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Please reply at your earliest convenience.[↗](../../convenience/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The public conveniences are next to the car park.[↗](../../convenience/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A dishwasher is a great convenience.[↗](../../convenience/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Convenience food is quick but can be full of salt.[↗](../../convenience/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Living near school is a real convenience.[↗](../../convenience/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Punctually at eight o'clock my performance closed, for children must go early to bed, and a manager must also consult the convenience of the public.[↗](../../convenience/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · For convenience of study I have placed the Notes in a separate form at the end of the work, and I have made a short definition of the subject-matter of each chapter.[↗](../../convenience/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../convenience/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **convenient** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Easy to use, reach or do; saving time and trouble.[↗](../../convenient/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Suitable for someone's plans or time.[↗](../../convenient/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Near and easy to get to.[↗](../../convenient/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The shop is convenient because it's next to school.[↗](../../convenient/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Is Saturday convenient for you?[↗](../../convenient/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Microwave meals are convenient but not always healthy.[↗](../../convenient/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He conveniently forgot to do the washing-up.[↗](../../convenient/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · It's convenient to have a bus stop outside our house.[↗](../../convenient/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A convenience store is open late.[↗](../../convenient/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And the griffin does the housework--his wings are so convenient and feathery for sweeping and dusting.[↗](../../convenient/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Because it regulates the motions of the Sun and Moon in their proper order, each in an orbit convenient for it.[↗](../../convenient/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../convenient/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · A decimal system of notation without the principle of position was in ancient times considered more convenient than a decimal system of notation based upon the principle of position.[↗](../../convenient/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../convenient/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **conveniently** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a way that is easy, useful or suitable for someone: «The shop is conveniently close.».[↗](../../conveniently/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (said with doubt) At a time that suits someone a little too well, as if on purpose: «He conveniently forgot his homework.».[↗](../../conveniently/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our house is conveniently close to the school.[↗](../../conveniently/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The bus stop is conveniently placed outside the library.[↗](../../conveniently/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He conveniently forgot to tidy his room.[↗](../../conveniently/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The plug was conveniently near the desk.[↗](../../conveniently/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The answer was conveniently written on the back of the book.[↗](../../conveniently/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My sister conveniently disappeared when it was time to wash up.[↗](../../conveniently/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · At last, however, he was lucky enough to come upon puss fast asleep and with his tail conveniently spread out.[↗](../../conveniently/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **convent** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (church) A building where nuns live, pray and work together.[↗](../../convent/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (church) A community of nuns.[↗](../../convent/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A school run by nuns, often called a convent school.[↗](../../convent/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The nuns of the convent rise early to pray.[↗](../../convent/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My grandma went to a convent school in Cork.[↗](../../convent/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old convent is now a museum.[↗](../../convent/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Visitors could buy jam made by the sisters of the convent.[↗](../../convent/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The convent garden had high stone walls.[↗](../../convent/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story the girl was sent away to a convent.[↗](../../convent/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · On this mountain of sand is a lofty old building--the convent of Borglum.[↗](../../convent/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **convention** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The usual or accepted way of doing something; a custom or rule people follow.[↗](../../convention/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A large meeting of people with the same interest or job (a comic convention).[↗](../../convention/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* An official agreement between countries (the Geneva Convention).[↗](../../convention/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (maths, writing) A standard rule everyone agrees to use, such as writing numbers left to right.[↗](../../convention/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* By convention, we write the x-axis across the page.[↗](../../convention/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Spelling and punctuation are writing conventions.[↗](../../convention/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We dressed up for the comic convention.[↗](../../convention/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Shaking hands is a convention in many countries.[↗](../../convention/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Geneva Convention protects prisoners of war.[↗](../../convention/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The writer broke with convention and used no capital letters.[↗](../../convention/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The possibility of the introduction of an archaic formula which had become a convention of folk-telling cannot be left out of account.[↗](../../convention/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **conventional** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Conventional means usual, ordinary and done the way most people have done it for a long time.[↗](../../conventional/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A conventional person follows the normal ways and rules and does not like to be different.[↗](../../conventional/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Conventional weapons, power or farming are the ordinary kinds, not nuclear, new or special ones.[↗](../../conventional/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We cooked the pizza in a conventional oven.[↗](../../conventional/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her parents are quite conventional and wear smart clothes to church.[↗](../../conventional/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The artist didn't like conventional paintings and painted with her feet.[↗](../../conventional/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Electric cars are quieter than conventional cars.[↗](../../conventional/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The conventional way to greet someone is to shake hands.[↗](../../conventional/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our maths teacher showed a quicker method than the conventional one.[↗](../../conventional/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Conventional farming uses chemical sprays.[↗](../../conventional/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Majnun and Laili are conventional names for lovers, the Romeo and Juliet of Hindostan.[↗](../../conventional/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **conventionally** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Conventionally means in the usual, normal, accepted way that most people do things.[↗](../../conventionally/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science, maths) Done by a usual agreed rule, a convention, such as writing numbers in a certain way.[↗](../../conventionally/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (farming) Conventionally grown food is grown with the usual modern methods, often with chemicals, not organically.[↗](../../conventionally/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He was dressed conventionally in a suit and tie.[↗](../../conventionally/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Conventionally, we write the x-axis across the page.[↗](../../conventionally/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Conventionally, a story has a beginning, a middle and an end.[↗](../../conventionally/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · These apples were grown conventionally, not organically.[↗](../../conventionally/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She chose not to live conventionally and travelled the world in a van.[↗](../../conventionally/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Electric current is conventionally shown flowing from positive to negative.[↗](../../conventionally/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In maths, angles are conventionally measured anticlockwise.[↗](../../conventionally/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **converge** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* When lines, roads or rivers converge, they move towards each other and meet at one point.[↗](../../converge/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* When people converge on a place, they come to it from different directions.[↗](../../converge/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* When ideas or opinions converge, they become more alike.[↗](../../converge/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (maths) A series or sequence converges when it gets closer and closer to one fixed number.[↗](../../converge/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The two roads converge just before the bridge.[↗](../../converge/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Railway lines seem to converge in the distance.[↗](../../converge/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Fans converged on the stadium from all over the city.[↗](../../converge/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A magnifying glass makes rays of sunlight converge on one spot.[↗](../../converge/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Police cars converged on the bank after the alarm rang.[↗](../../converge/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our ideas converged, and we agreed on one plan.[↗](../../converge/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The sums 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + ... converge on 1.[↗](../../converge/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **convergence** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Convergence is when lines, roads, paths or things come together and meet at one point.[↗](../../convergence/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Convergence is when ideas, opinions or groups become more and more alike.[↗](../../convergence/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (maths) Convergence is when a list of numbers gets closer and closer to one fixed number.[↗](../../convergence/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (science) In geography, a convergence is where two plates of the Earth's crust or two ocean currents push towards each other.[↗](../../convergence/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The convergence of the two rivers makes one big river.[↗](../../convergence/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Follow the paths to their point of convergence.[↗](../../convergence/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mountains like the Himalayas formed at a convergence of two plates.[↗](../../convergence/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · There was a convergence of opinions after the long debate.[↗](../../convergence/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The sum 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + … shows convergence towards 1.[↗](../../convergence/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the drawing, railway tracks show convergence in the distance.[↗](../../convergence/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The convergence of phones and cameras means one device now does both.[↗](../../convergence/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **conversation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A conversation is a talk between two or more people in which they share ideas, news or feelings.[↗](../../conversation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* "Making conversation" means talking politely to someone, often just to be friendly.[↗](../../conversation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* Talk between two or more people.[↗](../../conversation/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I had a long conversation with my grandma on the phone.[↗](../../conversation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Please do not interrupt our conversation.[↗](../../conversation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The two girls were deep in conversation.[↗](../../conversation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We wrote a conversation between a fox and a crow.[↗](../../conversation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · At the party he tried to make conversation with the new boy.[↗](../../conversation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class had a conversation about kindness.[↗](../../conversation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The conversation turned to football.[↗](../../conversation/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · They had a long conversation together about different things.[↗](../../conversation/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · This was the end of their conversation.[↗](../../conversation/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) · They had a long conversation together about different things.[↗](../../conversation/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (More English Fairy Tales) · Just then, the conversation was interrupted by approaching footsteps.[↗](../../conversation/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (The Adventures of Pinocchio) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) … [71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/71/) **72** 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