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as in supervising
to be in charge of
if you do well on this, you'll be asked to captain the next mission
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as in governing
to exercise authority or power over
captained the project for a few days while the boss was out of town
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as in leading
to serve as leader of
you did a good job of captaining the team
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“Captaining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/captaining. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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