Past tense of filter
regular verb
The past tense of filter is filtered. The past participle is also filtered.
Forms of filter
| Base form (V1) | filter /ˈfɪltə/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | filtered |
| Past participle (V3) | filtered |
| Present participle | filtering |
| Third person singular | filters |
Filtered in a sentence
- 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 filtered extract of the mash is the feedstock for the fermenter.From the entry feedstock
- They filtered silt and fines out of the soil.From the entry fine
- Sunlight filtered blotchily through the forest canopy.From the entry blotchily
Meaning of filter
- noun A device which separates a suspended, dissolved, or particulate matter from a fluid, solution, or other substance; any device that separates one substance from another.
- noun Electronics or software that separates unwanted signals (for example noise) from wanted signals or that attenuates selected frequencies.
- noun Any item, mechanism, device, or procedure that acts to separate or isolate.
Questions about the past tense of filter
- What is the past tense of filter?
- The past tense of filter is filtered.
- What is the past participle of filter?
- The past participle of filter is filtered.
- Is filter a regular or irregular verb?
- Filter is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: filter (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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