A2verb · transitive · frequent

captain

captain · captains · captained · captaining

To act as captainTo act as captain

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UK/ˈkæp.tɪn/US/ˈkæp.tən/

» The captain controls the whole ship.

Der Kapitän kontrolliert das ganze Schiff. — xtofu80

Капитан контролирует весь корабль. — Lenin_1917

Капитан управляет всем кораблём. — Lenin_1917

Капітан керує цілим кораблем. — leyla

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Meaning

2 senses

(intransitive)To act as captain
be the captain of a sports team
(transitive)To exercise command of a ship, aircraft or sports team.

Examples

402 sentences

The captain controls the whole ship.
Капітан керує цілим кораблем. — leyla
ruКапитан контролирует весь корабль. — Lenin_1917
deDer Kapitän kontrolliert das ganze Schiff. — xtofu80
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I'm the captain of this ship.
Я капітан цього корабля. — deniko
ruЯ капитан этого корабля. — Selena777
deIch bin der Kapitän dieses Schiffes. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Who's the captain of this ship?
Хто капітан цього корабля? — deniko
ruКто капитан этого судна? — marafon
deWer ist der Kapitän dieses Schiffes? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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We chose Tom to be captain.
Ми обрали Тома капітаном. — deniko
ruМы выбрали Тома капитаном. — marafon
deWir haben Tom als Mannschaftskapitän gewählt. — wolfgangth
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We elected Tom captain of the team.
Ми обрали Тома капітаном команди. — deniko
ruМы выбрали Тома капитаном команды. — Balamax
deWir haben Tom zum Mannschaftskapitän gewählt. — MUIRIEL
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Translations

4 languages

Origin

From Middle English capitain, capteyn, from Old French capitaine, from Late Latin capitāne

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-.

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Forms

captains, captaining, captained, captained

Base form	captain · to captain
3rd person singular	captains
Present participle	captaining
Past simple	captained
Past participle	captained

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	captain
he, she, it	captains

Past simpleLesson

all persons

captained

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have captained
he, she, it	has captained

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will captain

Word family

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

Collocations

10 patterns

the captain of
is the captain
captain of the
the team captain
team captain
the captain ordered
captain ordered
captain of our
was chosen captain
chosen captain