Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to captain
Participle: captained
Gerund: captaining
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | captain |
| you | captain |
| he;she;it | captains |
| we | captain |
| you | captain |
| they | captain |
Perfect
| I | have captained |
| you | have captained |
| he;she;it | has captained |
| we | have captained |
| you | have captained |
| they | have captained |
Past
| I | captained |
| you | captained |
| he;she;it | captained |
| we | captained |
| you | captained |
| they | captained |
Pluperfect
| I | had captained |
| you | had captained |
| he;she;it | had captained |
| we | had captained |
| you | had captained |
| they | had captained |
Future
| I | will captain |
| you | will captain |
| he;she;it | will captain |
| we | will captain |
| you | will captain |
| they | will captain |
Future Perfect
| I | will have captained |
| you | will have captained |
| he;she;it | will have captained |
| we | will have captained |
| you | will have captained |
| they | will have captained |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | captain |
| you | captain |
| he;she;it | captain |
| we | captain |
| you | captain |
| they | captain |
Perfect
| I | have captained |
| you | have captained |
| he;she;it | have captained |
| we | have captained |
| you | have captained |
| they | have captained |
Imperfect
| I | captained |
| you | captained |
| he;she;it | captained |
| we | captained |
| you | captained |
| they | captained |
Pluperfect
| I | had captained |
| you | had captained |
| he;she;it | had captained |
| we | had captained |
| you | had captained |
| they | had captained |
Conditional
Present
| I | would captain |
| you | would captain |
| he;she;it | would captain |
| we | would captain |
| you | would captain |
| they | would captain |
Perfect
| I | would have captained |
| you | would have captained |
| he;she;it | would have captained |
| we | would have captained |
| you | would have captained |
| they | would have captained |
Imperative
| you | captain |
| we | Let's captain |
| you | captain |
Verbs conjugated like 'captain'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'captain'
attain,
caftan,
caption,
cocaptain,
contain,
costain,
curtain,
abstain,
amain,
apair,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English capitain, capteyn, from Old French capitaine, from Late Latin capitāneus, from Latin caput (“head”) (English cap). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap-.
2. Doublet of chieftain, also from Old French.
Sample Sentences
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“ I 've heard, ” said Mrs. Smyth, “ that there have been men down, warning all the packet captains against a man and woman, with a little boy. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)