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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/controller/#m1)

2) A person whose job is to control or manage something, such as an air traffic controller. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/controller/#m2)

3) A part of a machine that controls how it works. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/controller/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/controller/#x1)
- The controller's batteries are flat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/controller/#x2)
- My drone has a small controller. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/controller/#x3)
- Air traffic controllers tell pilots when to land. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/controller/#x4)
- Press the A button on the controller to jump. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/controller/#x5)
- Put the controller away when screen time is over. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/controller/#x6)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/396-mia-gets-the-newest-console/11/)
- [Kai kept saying «one more life» and had been on the controller for forty minutes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/397-whose-turn-is-it/1/)
- [There were three kids and two controllers, and Zara always got the spare one that stuck.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/397-whose-turn-is-it/4/)
- [Theo lost three races in a row and threw the controller onto the sofa.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers/0/)
- [Anger takes one second; a broken controller and a cross mum last much longer.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers/2/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «controller» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/controller/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.