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captain English

Meaning captain meaning

What does captain mean?
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captain Noun

— A captain is a rank in the army between lieutenant and major. — A captain is a rank in the navy between commander and commodore. — A captain is the person who is in charge of a ship or airplane. The captain is the last to abandon ship. The captain said to put on your seat belts because of turbulence. — A captain is the person who makes all of the decisions on a sports' team. — A captain is the leader of a group of workers.

captain Verb

— To act as a captain. — To be in command and use that command on a ship, airplane, or sports team.

captain

— noun an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant — noun the naval officer in command of a military ship — noun a policeman in charge of a precinct — noun (= master) an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship — noun the leader of a group of people a captain of industry — noun the pilot in charge of an airship — noun a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers — verb be the captain of a sports team

Synonyms captain synonyms

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captain English » English

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Captain English » English

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Topics captain topics

What do people use captain to talk about?
Social behavior Social activity Entertainment, recreation

Sports
Social behavior Conflict War Military organization

Soldier
Social behavior Social activity Entertainment, recreation Sports

Football, soccer
Social behavior Social activity Entertainment, recreation Sports

Basketball
Social behavior Social activity Entertainment, recreation

Game
Social behavior Authority

Person in authority
Physical actions Move Travel Travel by water

Boat
Work and occupation

Occupation

Conjugation captain conjugation

How do you conjugate captain?

captain · verb

Examples captain examples

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Simple sentences

A captain controls his ship and its crew.
Suddenly, the captain left the ship.
I am not the captain of the new team.
Who's the captain of this ship?
So the captain took care of him.
The brave captain saved his ship.
That captain handles his troops well.
The captain went to sea when he was nineteen.
George is the captain of our team.
Captain Cook thanked the natives for their hospitality.
Captain Cook discovered those islands.
Our captain got sick, so I attended the meeting in his place.
We elected Tom captain of the team.
We chose Henry captain of our team.
We carried out the captain's order to the letter.
We elected her captain of our team.
We elected Jeffrey captain of our team.
Mike is captain of our team.
Bill replaced Jim as captain.
Tom is captain of the football team and is on the baseball team as well.
Tom is the captain of this baseball team.
Between you and me, I don't like our new team captain.
Alfred was made captain of the team.
We elected him captain of our team.
I have a friend whose father is the captain of a big ship.
We chose John as captain.

Movie subtitles

The son of former Captain Kururugi, Private Kururugi Suzaku.
Captain Kururugi's.?
Good morning, Captain Fancher.
Captain Fancher!
Captain Lombrico wants to question Saturnino, but the wild castaway.. is not able to speak, and he fears those beings.. so different from his adoptive family.
Gradually, Saturnino is attracted by the kindness of Captain Lombrico.
Sailors, our poor captain, is no longer.
By the light ofthe sinking sun, the captain and first mate said goodbye to the last of their comrades.
The death ship had a new captain.
Varna - 12 July. Crew -besides myself, the captain- one helmsman, one ship's mate, five sailors.
General Thatcher, and his chief spy, Captain Anderson.
Everything's ready, Captain.
We realise that, Captain Hollister, but we must keep the family together.
Ruth is right, Captain.
Ladies and gentlemen, I raise my glass to Captain Hubert who just earned a well-deserved third stripe. To his lovely wife, our hospital's head nurse, whose beauty and competence will support her husband's brilliant career.
Believe it or not, Captain Toussaint, I had noticed that.
You saved my life, Captain.
Captain Audran invited us. Come with, you'll see.
Don't worry, Captain.
Captain, transmission from HQ.
Captain, I'll go back with you.
Are you starting to believe the cyborgs' story, Captain?
Captain, how long are you planning to spin your wheels there?
Captain Igarashi, I'm ordering you again.
What is it you'd like to discuss, Captain?
I am Hrajnoha, the bandits' captain.
And you're the Captain!
Captain, he. Because of this mission, the records still state that he's on a mission abroad.
At least let his soul be able to return home. I order, Captain Eun Si Gyeong, to immediately return to the troop.
The Captain is really.
The Captain's room. After becoming the squadron leader, I took over the Captain's room.
Crew -besides myself, the captain- one helmsman, one ship's mate, five sailors.
Captain of all Guards.
Captain Wolzon. Yes?
If And Captain Morhange, too?
Oh. Captain. If she had been my first love of a woman. fire would have fallen on Jitomier.
Captain, Captain.

News and current affairs

An exaggerated sense of lost glory helped incite the French Army to fake the evidence that convicted Captain Alfred Dreyfus of spying for the Kaiser.
It does so, but not before the captain receives assurances that a larger ship is coming to assist.
With the ocean getting rougher, the once-agile rescue vessel is now so overburdened that some officers are second-guessing the captain, who again calls for the larger ship to help.
Even the captain roles are no longer reserved for domestic players: Thierry Henry, a Frenchman, is Arsenal's captain, Andriy Shevchenko, a Ukrainian, is often the captain of AC Milan, and Christiano Zanetti, an Argentine, is captain of Inter Milan.
Indeed, the captain, Gigi Buffon, sang with his eyes closed, as though in prayer.
In a few days, there will be ceremonies to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the revision of Captain Alfred Dreyfus's conviction on charges of espionage in a trial that tore the country apart.
Curious about the contents of the trunk, the captain of the ship crept down to Descartes' cabin one night and opened it.
The captain, struck with revulsion, grabbed her, dragged her up to the deck of the ship, and threw her overboard.
As for Zola, who defended Captain Alfred Dreyfus from charges of treason fueled by anti-Semitism, he was easily convicted for libel because he merely questioned the motives of witnesses without offering any new evidence.
In retaliation for Japan's refusal to release the trawler captain, China hinted that it might recall its ambassador from Tokyo, suspended bilateral ministerial-level exchanges, and canceled a tour to Japan for about 10,000 Chinese.
Inexperienced and diplomatically inept, Kan's administration buckled, releasing the trawler captain early.
His government then sought to pin the blame on the local prosecutor who had formally arrested the captain.
Consider the case of Michael Clarke, the captain of the Australian cricket team, who recently threatened bodily harm to an opposing player.
Christiano Zanetti, an Argentine, is captain of Inter Milan.
Rickover was a small man, far from the top of his class at the US Naval Academy, who did not look like a warrior or swashbuckling sea captain.
After years of turmoil, lower-ranking officers headed by Captain Moussa Dadis Camara took power in December 2008 in what was a widely supported and peaceful takeover.
Japan, facing mounting pressure from China, unconditionally released a Chinese trawler captain whose ship had rammed a Japanese naval patrol boat.

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