captained
- 1Simple past and past participle of captain.
The veteran defender captained his country at three consecutive World Cups.
The research vessel was captained by an experienced Arctic sailor.
Note
One spelling does two jobs: the simple past (she captained the side) and the participle behind perfect and passive forms (has captained, was captained). Only the transitive verb, commanding a ship, aircraft or sports team, can be made passive. The intransitive "act as captain" stays active (he captained for two seasons). Placed before a noun with an adverb, it shades into the adjective "having a captain", as in a properly captained vessel.
- 2Having a captain in a position of command or leadership.
A properly captained vessel navigated the narrow strait without incident.
Their captained squad stayed composed where leaderless teams had panicked.
Similarled
Oppositeleaderless
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captained is a form of captain
captain, verb: To be the captain of a ship, aircraft, or sports team; to lead or command. Full entry
- Forms
- captaincaptains he/she/itcaptaining -ing formcaptained past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- captain → captained: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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