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Writing exactly what you have in mind isn't easy. To help you, you will find below a list of action verbs, English verbs. Ideally, you may begin a phrase with a power verb drawn from of the list of action verbs presented below, whether in its infinitive or past form.
Whenever you write, you want to persuade. So don't let your writing traitor you. Describe your ideas, benefits, organization, products, and services in a neat, positive, and enthusiastic manner by using elements of the list of action verbs provided below.
This list of action verbs will be soon organized by general skills and competencies.
The list of action verbs is provided in CSV format, which is a text format compatible with Microsoft Excel:
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List of action verbs starting with A
| Abstract Accelerate Accommodate Accomplish Accumulate Achieve Acquire Act Activate Adapt |
Add Address Adjust Administer Advertise Advise Advocate Aid Aide Align |
Allocate Amend Analyze Answer Anticipate Apply Appoint Appraise Approve Arbitrate |
Arrange Articulate Ascertain Assemble Assess Assign Assist Assume Attain Attend |
Attract Audit Augment Author Authorize Automate Avert Award |
List of action verbs starting with B
| Balance Bargain Begin |
Bolster Boost Bought |
Brief Broaden Budget |
Build Built |
List of action verbs starting with C
| Calculate Calibrate Canvass Capture Care Catalog Catalogue Categorize Cater Cause Centralize Chair Charge |
Chart Check Clarify Classify Co-operate Coach Code Collaborate Collate Collect Combine Comfort Commence |
Communicate Compare Compile Complete Compose Compute Conceive Conceptualize Conciliate Conclude Condense Conduct Confer |
Confirm Connect Conserve Consider Consolidate Construct Consult Contact Contract Contribute Control Convert Convey |
Convince Cooperate Coordinate Copy Correct Correlate Correspond Counsel Create Critique Cultivate Customize |
List of action verbs starting with D
| Dealt with Debate Debug Decide Decrease Dedicate Deduce Defend Defer |
Define Delegate Deliver Demonstrate Depict Depreciated Derive Describe Design |
Detail Detect Determine Develop Devise Devote Diagnose Diagram Differentiate |
Direct Discharge Disclose Discover Discriminate Discuss Dispatch Display Dissect |
Disseminate Distinguish Distribute Diversify Document Draft Draw Drew |
List of action verbs starting with E
| Earn Edit Educate Effect Elect Elicit Eliminate Emphasize |
Employ Enable Encourage Enforce Engineer Enhance Enlarge Enlighten |
Enlist Enrich Ensure Enter Entertain Enumerate Equip Establish |
Estimate Evaluate Examine Exchange Execute Exercise Exhibit Expand |
Expedite Experiment Explain Explore Express Extend Extract Extrapolate |
List of action verbs starting with F
| Fabricate Facilitate Familiarize Fashion |
File Filter Finalize Fine-tune |
Fix Focus Forecast Formulate |
Fortify Forward Foster Found |
Frame Fund Furnish Further |
List of action verbs starting with G
| Gather Gauge |
Generate Govern |
Grade Grant |
Greet Guide |
List of action verbs starting with H
| Handle Head Help |
Highlight Hire Host |
List of action verbs starting with I
| Identify Illustrate Impart Implement Import Improve Improvise |
Incorporate Increase Index Individualize Influence Inform Initiate |
Innovate Inspect Inspire Install Institute Instruct Insure |
Integrate Interact Interface Interpret Intervene Interview Introduce |
Invent Inventory Investigate Involve |
List of action verbs starting with J
| Join | Judge | Justify |
List of action verbs starting with K
| - |
List of action verbs starting with L
| Label Launch Lead |
Learn Lecture License |
Lighten Liquidate List |
Listen Litigate Lobby |
Localize Locate Log |
List of action verbs starting with M
| Maintain Manage Manufacture Map Market |
Master Maximize Measure Mechanize Mediate |
Mentor Merge Methodize Minimize Mobilize |
Model Moderate Modernize Modify Monitor |
Motivate |
List of action verbs starting with N
| Narrate Navigate |
Negotiate Notify |
Nurse Nurture |
List of action verbs starting with O
| Observe Obtain Officiate |
Offset Operate Orchestrate |
Order Organize Orient |
Orientate Originate Outline |
Overhaul Oversaw Oversee |
List of action verbs starting with P
| Package Participate Perceive Perfect Perform Persuade |
Photograph Pilot Pioneer Plan Practice Predict |
Prepare Present Preserve Preside Prevent |
Prioritize Probe Process Produce Program Project |
Promote Propose Provide Publicize Publish Purchase |
List of action verbs starting with Q
| Qualify | Quantify | Quote |
List of action verbs starting with R
| Raise Ran Rank Rate Read Reason Recall Recognize Recommend Reconcile |
Record Recreate Recruit Rectify Reduce Refer Refine Register Regulate Rehabilitate |
Reinforce Relate Related Release Remodel Render Renew Reorganize Repair Replace |
Report Represent Research Reserve Resolve Respond Restore Restrict Retain Retrieve |
Revamp Reveal Review Revise Revitalize Route |
List of action verbs starting with S
| Sample Save Scan Schedule Screen Script Scrutinize Search Secure Segment Select |
Serve Service Set goals Set up Settle Shape Share Show Simplify Simulate Sketch |
Sold Solicit Solve Sort Speak Strengthen Structure Study Submit Substantiate Substitute |
Spearhead Specialize Specify Spoke Stage Standardize Start Stimulate Straighten Strategize Streamline |
Suggest Summarize Supervise Supply Support Surpass Survey Sustain Symbolize Synthesize Systematize |
List of action verbs starting with T
| Tabulate Tail Target Taught Teach Tend |
Terminate Test Theorize Time Tour Trace |
Track Trade Train Transcribe Transfer Transform |
Translate Transmit Transport Transpose Travel Treat |
Triple Troubleshot Tutor |
List of action verbs starting with U
| Uncover Undertook |
Unify Unveil |
Update Upgrade |
Upheld Use |
Utilize |
List of action verbs starting with V
| Validate Value |
Verify View |
Visit Visualize |
Vitalize Volunteer |
List of action verbs starting with W
| Weigh Widen |
Win Withdraw |
Witness Write |
List of action verbs starting with X
| - |
List of action verbs starting with Y
| - |
List of action verbs starting with Z
| - |
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