captained

verb

past tense of captain
1
as in supervised
to be in charge of if you do well on this, you'll be asked to captain the next mission

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2
as in ruled
to exercise authority or power over captained the project for a few days while the boss was out of town

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3
as in led
to serve as leader of you did a good job of captaining the team

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Recent Examples of captained Woodward, an Oregon native, played basketball for the Huskies from 1993 to 1997 and captained the team as a senior. — Grace Raynor, New York Times, 28 July 2026 It should be noted that Hong is a former star soccer player himself and captained the 2002 South Korean national team that stunned the world by finishing in fourth place at the World Cup. — Regina Kim, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026 Blorian, 26, captained Hapoel Be’er Sheva to an Israeli cup and league-title double last season. — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2026 Yzerman is, of course, one of the greatest Red Wings of all time and captained three Stanley Cup-winning teams, some of which had what are, for my money, the greatest rosters of all time. — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 July 2026 The final listing ahead of the successful sales effort captained by DeLeon floated an asking price of just under $37 million. — George Avalos, Mercury News, 13 July 2026 By the time Cape Verde faced Argentina, the 2022 World Cup champions captained by all-time great Lionel Messi, soccer fans found common cause in rooting for the underdog. — Gregory Royal Pratt, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2026 The ringleader is Virgil van Dijk, one of the best defenders of his generation with Liverpool, who has captained the Oranje for a national record 72 appearances and represented the Dutch national team for a decade. — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 30 June 2026 That shocked Pochettino, who is from Argentina, a country that lives and breathes soccer, and especially worships its national team, captained at this World Cup by the superstar Messi. — Becky Sullivan, NPR, 27 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for captained
  1. supervised
  2. ruled
  3. led
  4. oversaw
  5. governed
  6. commanded
  7. handled
  8. managed
Verb
  • Plaintiff David Figueroa’s lawsuit said he was hired as a retail sales consultant on February 2, 2026, and was supervised by store manager Sully Fuentes Peterson.
    — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 29 July 2026
  • Strikingly, most child drownings (84%) occur when a child isn’t expected to be in the water — not during planned, supervised swim time.
    — Karen Cohn, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2026
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  • After all, if our nation's highest court ruled that underrepresented applicants could no longer receive preferential treatment, why should legacy applicants, a group research shows is overwhelmingly affluent, continue to enjoy it?
    — Brian Taylor, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • The narrative then jumps forward to a time in the distant future in a segregated Britain, where Black people are condemned to a ghetto riddled with drugs and ruled by gangs.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 29 July 2026
Definition of ruled
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  • More than 40 weekly fitness experiences invite guests to move with intention, from sunrise yoga and Pilates sessions to high-energy strength and conditioning classes led by expert instructors.
    — Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 31 July 2026
  • The Rattlers are led by coach Cody Lambert, the co-founder of PBR and a memer of several rodeo halls of fame.
    — Cal Phillips July 31, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 July 2026
Definition of led
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  • Nicole Clavo, the city official who oversaw Impact Sac’s contracts, attended events in the suite but did not disclose the tickets on her conflict-of-interest filings.
    — Ruyuan Li. Summary produced by AI assistance, Sacbee.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The Department of Homeland Security, which oversaw the voter roll analysis of four states — California, Nevada, New Jersey and Pennsylvania — asked the states to respond to its allegations by Thursday.
    — Miles Parks, NPR, 31 July 2026
Definition of oversaw
Verb
  • Anadolu via Getty Images The 1973 framework that governed Iraqi crude through Turkey is over.
    — Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • The two women governed as allies through much of Bass’s first term, making Raman’s decision to challenge the incumbent all the more startling.
    — Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 29 July 2026
Definition of governed
Verb
  • The mission was commanded by David Scott, with James Irwin as lunar module pilot.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Instead of supporting only mission equipment, the neural network directly commanded the satellite bus, which determines how a spacecraft points and maneuvers in orbit.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of commanded
Verb
  • The Strait of Hormuz — which handled around one-fifth of global oil supply before the war — has seen traffic drop to a trickle with sporadic increase in ship transits on positive headlines.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026
  • What expressiveness in the robot changed in participants was how their brains handled the moment.
    — Yigit Topoglu, The Conversation, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of handled
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  • Each step might hit a different model on different hardware managed by a different team.
    — Srikanta Datta, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The Pats have managed his reps in an attempt to keep him healthy.
    — Chad Graff, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
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