filter – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of filter

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

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

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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