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captain

/ˈkæptən/ /ˈkæptɪn/
  1. 1 kaptanlık yapmak, (takımın) kaptanı olmak

Definition (English)

To be the captain of a sports team, a ship or an aircraft.

Example Sentences

  1. She captained the national team for six years.
    Altı yıl boyunca millî takımın kaptanlığını yaptı.
  2. He captained his first long-haul flight at the age of thirty.
    Otuz yaşında ilk uzun menzilli uçuşunu kaptan pilot olarak gerçekleştirdi.

Verb Forms Regular

Base captain
/ˈkæptən/
Past captained
/ˈkæptənd/
Participle captained
/ˈkæptənd/
Spelling rule

Add ‑edcaptain → captained

Fiilin sonuna -ed eklenir.

Same rule: work → worked · want → wanted · help → helped

Pronunciation of -ed
/t/worked /d/played /ɪd/wanted

Fiil yumuşak (ötümlü) bir ünsüzle, /n/ sesiyle bittiği için -ed /d/ okunur; yeni hece eklenmez. captained /ˈkæptənd/

Synonyms

Collocations

captain a teamcaptain the sidecaptain a shipcaptain a flightbe captained by someone

Phrases 3

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