captained
US · AUSKAP-tuhnd/ˈkæp.tənd/UKKAP-tind/ˈkæp.tɪnd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of captain. Use this form for something that already happened.
She captained the team to victory last season.
He captained the small fishing boat through the storm.
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- 2Having someone in charge who acts as the captain.
Like a class that has a teacher to lead it.
A captained ship is much safer in rough weather.
A captained team plays with more confidence than a leaderless one.
Similarled
Oppositeleaderless
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captained is a form of captain
captain, verb: To be the leader of a team, or the person in charge of a ship or plane. 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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