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masterminded

masterminded is the simple past and past participle of mastermind.

Meaning of mastermind

Verb

mastermind (third-person singular simple present masterminds, present participle masterminding, simple past and past participle masterminded)

  1. (transitive) To plan or execute (a project) in the role of mastermind.
    • It would later be revealed that the corporation contributed over a quarter of a million dollars to the effort—a whopping 93 percent of the total coffer—and hired a team of media and political experts to mastermind it.2007, Kevin Danaher et al., Building the Green Economy: Success Stories from the Grassroots, →ISBN, page 136

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Questions about masterminded

What is masterminded the simple past and past participle of?
Masterminded is the simple past and past participle of mastermind.

Words near masterminded in the dictionary

  1. masterly inactivity
  2. masterman
  3. Mastermans
  4. mastermen
  5. mastermind
  6. masterminded
  7. masterminder
  8. masterminders
  9. mastermindful
  10. masterminding
  11. mastermindings

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