filter – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of filter

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youfilter sb out
weLet's filter sb out
youfilter sb out

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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.