filter – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of filter

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to filter out sth
Participle: filtered out sth
Gerund: filtering out sth

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ifilter out sth
youfilter out sth
he;she;itfilters out sth
wefilter out sth
youfilter out sth
theyfilter out sth

Perfect

Ihave filtered out sth
youhave filtered out sth
he;she;ithas filtered out sth
wehave filtered out sth
youhave filtered out sth
theyhave filtered out sth

Past

Ifiltered out sth
youfiltered out sth
he;she;itfiltered out sth
wefiltered out sth
youfiltered out sth
theyfiltered out sth

Pluperfect

Ihad filtered out sth
youhad filtered out sth
he;she;ithad filtered out sth
wehad filtered out sth
youhad filtered out sth
theyhad filtered out sth

Future

Iwill filter out sth
youwill filter out sth
he;she;itwill filter out sth
wewill filter out sth
youwill filter out sth
theywill filter out sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have filtered out sth
youwill have filtered out sth
he;she;itwill have filtered out sth
wewill have filtered out sth
youwill have filtered out sth
theywill have filtered out sth

Subjunctive

Present

Ifilter out sth
youfilter out sth
he;she;itfilter out sth
wefilter out sth
youfilter out sth
theyfilter out sth

Perfect

Ihave filtered out sth
youhave filtered out sth
he;she;ithave filtered out sth
wehave filtered out sth
youhave filtered out sth
theyhave filtered out sth

Imperfect

Ifiltered out sth
youfiltered out sth
he;she;itfiltered out sth
wefiltered out sth
youfiltered out sth
theyfiltered out sth

Pluperfect

Ihad filtered out sth
youhad filtered out sth
he;she;ithad filtered out sth
wehad filtered out sth
youhad filtered out sth
theyhad filtered out sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould filter out sth
youwould filter out sth
he;she;itwould filter out sth
wewould filter out sth
youwould filter out sth
theywould filter out sth

Perfect

Iwould have filtered out sth
youwould have filtered out sth
he;she;itwould have filtered out sth
wewould have filtered out sth
youwould have filtered out sth
theywould have filtered out sth

Imperative

youfilter out sth
weLet's filter out sth
youfilter out sth

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam filtering out sth
youare filtering out sth
he;she;itis filtering out sth
weare filtering out sth
youare filtering out sth
theyare filtering out sth

Perfect

Ihave been filtering out sth
youhave been filtering out sth
he;she;ithas been filtering out sth
wehave been filtering out sth
youhave been filtering out sth
theyhave been filtering out sth

Past

Iwas filtering out sth
youwere filtering out sth
he;she;itwas filtering out sth
wewere filtering out sth
youwere filtering out sth
theywere filtering out sth

Pluperfect

Ihad been filtering out sth
youhad been filtering out sth
he;she;ithad been filtering out sth
wehad been filtering out sth
youhad been filtering out sth
theyhad been filtering out sth

Future

Iwill be filtering out sth
youwill be filtering out sth
he;she;itwill be filtering out sth
wewill be filtering out sth
youwill be filtering out sth
theywill be filtering out sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have been filtering out sth
youwill have been filtering out sth
he;she;itwill have been filtering out sth
wewill have been filtering out sth
youwill have been filtering out sth
theywill have been filtering out sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould be filtering out sth
youwould be filtering out sth
he;she;itwould be filtering out sth
wewould be filtering out sth
youwould be filtering out sth
theywould be filtering out sth

Perfect

Iwould have been filtering out sth
youwould have been filtering out sth
he;she;itwould have been filtering out sth
wewould have been filtering out sth
youwould have been filtering out sth
theywould have been filtering out sth

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.