filter – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of filter

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to filter out sb
Participle: filtered out sb
Gerund: filtering out sb

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Ifilter out sb
youfilter out sb
he;she;itfilters out sb
wefilter out sb
youfilter out sb
theyfilter out sb

Perfect

Ihave filtered out sb
youhave filtered out sb
he;she;ithas filtered out sb
wehave filtered out sb
youhave filtered out sb
theyhave filtered out sb

Past

Ifiltered out sb
youfiltered out sb
he;she;itfiltered out sb
wefiltered out sb
youfiltered out sb
theyfiltered out sb

Pluperfect

Ihad filtered out sb
youhad filtered out sb
he;she;ithad filtered out sb
wehad filtered out sb
youhad filtered out sb
theyhad filtered out sb

Future

Iwill filter out sb
youwill filter out sb
he;she;itwill filter out sb
wewill filter out sb
youwill filter out sb
theywill filter out sb

Future Perfect

Iwill have filtered out sb
youwill have filtered out sb
he;she;itwill have filtered out sb
wewill have filtered out sb
youwill have filtered out sb
theywill have filtered out sb

Subjunctive

Present

Ifilter out sb
youfilter out sb
he;she;itfilter out sb
wefilter out sb
youfilter out sb
theyfilter out sb

Perfect

Ihave filtered out sb
youhave filtered out sb
he;she;ithave filtered out sb
wehave filtered out sb
youhave filtered out sb
theyhave filtered out sb

Imperfect

Ifiltered out sb
youfiltered out sb
he;she;itfiltered out sb
wefiltered out sb
youfiltered out sb
theyfiltered out sb

Pluperfect

Ihad filtered out sb
youhad filtered out sb
he;she;ithad filtered out sb
wehad filtered out sb
youhad filtered out sb
theyhad filtered out sb

Conditional

Present

Iwould filter out sb
youwould filter out sb
he;she;itwould filter out sb
wewould filter out sb
youwould filter out sb
theywould filter out sb

Perfect

Iwould have filtered out sb
youwould have filtered out sb
he;she;itwould have filtered out sb
wewould have filtered out sb
youwould have filtered out sb
theywould have filtered out sb

Imperative

youfilter out sb
weLet's filter out sb
youfilter out sb

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam filtering out sb
youare filtering out sb
he;she;itis filtering out sb
weare filtering out sb
youare filtering out sb
theyare filtering out sb

Perfect

Ihave been filtering out sb
youhave been filtering out sb
he;she;ithas been filtering out sb
wehave been filtering out sb
youhave been filtering out sb
theyhave been filtering out sb

Past

Iwas filtering out sb
youwere filtering out sb
he;she;itwas filtering out sb
wewere filtering out sb
youwere filtering out sb
theywere filtering out sb

Pluperfect

Ihad been filtering out sb
youhad been filtering out sb
he;she;ithad been filtering out sb
wehad been filtering out sb
youhad been filtering out sb
theyhad been filtering out sb

Future

Iwill be filtering out sb
youwill be filtering out sb
he;she;itwill be filtering out sb
wewill be filtering out sb
youwill be filtering out sb
theywill be filtering out sb

Future Perfect

Iwill have been filtering out sb
youwill have been filtering out sb
he;she;itwill have been filtering out sb
wewill have been filtering out sb
youwill have been filtering out sb
theywill have been filtering out sb

Conditional

Present

Iwould be filtering out sb
youwould be filtering out sb
he;she;itwould be filtering out sb
wewould be filtering out sb
youwould be filtering out sb
theywould be filtering out sb

Perfect

Iwould have been filtering out sb
youwould have been filtering out sb
he;she;itwould have been filtering out sb
wewould have been filtering out sb
youwould have been filtering out sb
theywould have been filtering out sb

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'filter'

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 'filter'

falter, felter, alter, balter, bitter, dister, faulter, fester, fetter, feuter,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

strain
distill, purify, sift, filtrate, refine, sieve, separate, percolate
seep
trickle, infiltrate, penetrate, permeate, percolate

Additional Information

Etymology

From Middle English filtre, from Medieval Latin filtrum (compare also Old French feutre (“felt; filter”)), from Frankish *filtir, from Proto-West Germanic *felt. See felt. Doublet of phin.

Verbs referencing "filter"

Dutch filteren.

Sample Sentences

  • This strainer should filter out the large particles.
  • “You have probably never seen anything like this before, Mr. Toler. It is baleen, or if you prefer it, whalebone, taken from the mouth of the bowhead whale. It is used by the whale to filter its food.” [1954, Alexander Alderson, chapter 5, in The Subtle Minotaur:]
  • Receivers often incorporate digital equalisers to 'mop up' slight intersymbol interference after initial filtering at the receiver. [1992, Chris C. Bissell, David A. Chapman, Digital signal transmission (2nd edition), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 147:]
  • But fans’ emotions are no longer filtered through ticket or album sales; they’re heard directly, constantly, at all hours, on all the platforms people visit to generate and extinguish bad feelings in a never-ending cycle. [2022 October 25, Willy Staley, “The Try Guys and the Prison of Online Fame”, in The New York Times Magazine:]
  • The leaves of the trees filtered the light.
  • The water filtered through the rock and soil.
  • The crowd filtered into the theater.
  • I can skip past all the traffic on my bike by filtering.
  • Most people get filtered by that episode.