What part of speech is captaining?

Captaining can be categorized as a verb.

Parts of speech

• 1. captaining is a verb, gerund of captain (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

• Infinitive

  Present

  Simple Past

  Past Participle

  Gerund
• (to) captain 

  captain  / captains 

  captained 

  captained 

  captaining 

• Infinitive: (to) captain 
• Present: captain  / captains 
• Simple Past: captained 
• Past Participle: (have) captained 
• Gerund: captaining 

What does captaining mean?

Examples of captaining