filter – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of filter

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to filter in
Participle: filtered in
Gerund: filtering in

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ifilter in
youfilter in
he;she;itfilters in
wefilter in
youfilter in
theyfilter in

Perfect

Ihave filtered in
youhave filtered in
he;she;ithas filtered in
wehave filtered in
youhave filtered in
theyhave filtered in

Past

Ifiltered in
youfiltered in
he;she;itfiltered in
wefiltered in
youfiltered in
theyfiltered in

Pluperfect

Ihad filtered in
youhad filtered in
he;she;ithad filtered in
wehad filtered in
youhad filtered in
theyhad filtered in

Future

Iwill filter in
youwill filter in
he;she;itwill filter in
wewill filter in
youwill filter in
theywill filter in

Future Perfect

Iwill have filtered in
youwill have filtered in
he;she;itwill have filtered in
wewill have filtered in
youwill have filtered in
theywill have filtered in

Subjunctive

Present

Ifilter in
youfilter in
he;she;itfilter in
wefilter in
youfilter in
theyfilter in

Perfect

Ihave filtered in
youhave filtered in
he;she;ithave filtered in
wehave filtered in
youhave filtered in
theyhave filtered in

Imperfect

Ifiltered in
youfiltered in
he;she;itfiltered in
wefiltered in
youfiltered in
theyfiltered in

Pluperfect

Ihad filtered in
youhad filtered in
he;she;ithad filtered in
wehad filtered in
youhad filtered in
theyhad filtered in

Conditional

Present

Iwould filter in
youwould filter in
he;she;itwould filter in
wewould filter in
youwould filter in
theywould filter in

Perfect

Iwould have filtered in
youwould have filtered in
he;she;itwould have filtered in
wewould have filtered in
youwould have filtered in
theywould have filtered in

Imperative

youfilter in
weLet's filter in
youfilter in

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam filtering in
youare filtering in
he;she;itis filtering in
weare filtering in
youare filtering in
theyare filtering in

Perfect

Ihave been filtering in
youhave been filtering in
he;she;ithas been filtering in
wehave been filtering in
youhave been filtering in
theyhave been filtering in

Past

Iwas filtering in
youwere filtering in
he;she;itwas filtering in
wewere filtering in
youwere filtering in
theywere filtering in

Pluperfect

Ihad been filtering in
youhad been filtering in
he;she;ithad been filtering in
wehad been filtering in
youhad been filtering in
theyhad been filtering in

Future

Iwill be filtering in
youwill be filtering in
he;she;itwill be filtering in
wewill be filtering in
youwill be filtering in
theywill be filtering in

Future Perfect

Iwill have been filtering in
youwill have been filtering in
he;she;itwill have been filtering in
wewill have been filtering in
youwill have been filtering in
theywill have been filtering in

Conditional

Present

Iwould be filtering in
youwould be filtering in
he;she;itwould be filtering in
wewould be filtering in
youwould be filtering in
theywould be filtering in

Perfect

Iwould have been filtering in
youwould have been filtering in
he;she;itwould have been filtering in
wewould have been filtering in
youwould have been filtering in
theywould have been filtering in

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'filter'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'filter'

falter, felter, alter, balter, bitter, dister, faulter, fester, fetter, feuter,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

strain
distill, purify, sift, filtrate, refine, sieve, separate, percolate
seep
trickle, infiltrate, penetrate, permeate, percolate

Additional Information

Etymology

From Middle English filtre, from Medieval Latin filtrum (compare also Old French feutre (“felt; filter”)), from Frankish *filtir, from Proto-West Germanic *felt. See felt. Doublet of phin.

Verbs referencing "filter"

Dutch filteren.

Sample Sentences

  • This strainer should filter out the large particles.
  • “You have probably never seen anything like this before, Mr. Toler. It is baleen, or if you prefer it, whalebone, taken from the mouth of the bowhead whale. It is used by the whale to filter its food.” [1954, Alexander Alderson, chapter 5, in The Subtle Minotaur:]
  • Receivers often incorporate digital equalisers to 'mop up' slight intersymbol interference after initial filtering at the receiver. [1992, Chris C. Bissell, David A. Chapman, Digital signal transmission (2nd edition), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 147:]
  • But fans’ emotions are no longer filtered through ticket or album sales; they’re heard directly, constantly, at all hours, on all the platforms people visit to generate and extinguish bad feelings in a never-ending cycle. [2022 October 25, Willy Staley, “The Try Guys and the Prison of Online Fame”, in The New York Times Magazine:]
  • The leaves of the trees filtered the light.
  • The water filtered through the rock and soil.
  • The crowd filtered into the theater.
  • I can skip past all the traffic on my bike by filtering.
  • Most people get filtered by that episode.