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Extended English Verbs List

An extended list of advanced English verbs, grouped by topic, with all main forms and clear definitions.

  • Achievement, Success & Failure
  • accomplish, accomplishes, accomplishing, accomplished – to finish a task successfully
  • achieve, achieves, achieving, achieved – to reach something you wanted or worked for
  • adapt, adapts, adapting, adapted – to change to fit new needs or situations
  • adjust, adjusts, adjusting, adjusted – to change something a little to improve it
  • advance, advances, advancing, advanced – to move forward or make progress
  • attain, attains, attaining, attained – to reach a goal or a level
  • attempt, attempts, attempting, attempted – to try to do something
  • complete, completes, completing, completed – to finish all parts of something
  • cope, copes, coping, coped – to handle or deal with problems well
  • fail, fails, failing, failed – to not succeed at something
  • handle, handles, handling, handled – to manage or take care of something
  • overcome, overcomes, overcoming, overcame, overcome – to defeat or successfully deal with a problem
  • progress, progresses, progressing, progressed – to move closer to a goal or improve
  • quit, quits, quitting, quit, quit – to stop doing something by choice
  • revise, revises, revising, revised – to change or correct something to make it better
  • struggle, struggles, struggling, struggled – to try very hard, even when it’s difficult
  • succeed, succeeds, succeeding, succeeded – to do well or reach your goal
  • update, updates, updating, updated – to make something newer or more modern
  • Thinking, Understanding & Belief
  • analyze, analyzes, analyzing, analyzed – to study something carefully to understand it
  • assess, assesses, assessing, assessed – to judge the quality or value of something
  • assume, assumes, assuming, assumed – to think something is true without proof
  • assure, assures, assuring, assured – to tell someone confidently that something is true
  • comprehend, comprehends, comprehending, comprehended – to understand something fully
  • conclude, concludes, concluding, concluded – to decide something after thinking or studying
  • consider, considers, considering, considered – to think carefully about something
  • doubt, doubts, doubting, doubted – to not believe or be unsure about something
  • estimate, estimates, estimating, estimated – to guess an amount, size, or value
  • evaluate, evaluates, evaluating, evaluated – to judge how good or useful something is
  • identify, identifies, identifying, identified – to recognize or name someone or something
  • imply, implies, implying, implied – to suggest something without saying it directly
  • interpret, interprets, interpreting, interpreted – to explain the meaning of something
  • notice, notices, noticing, noticed – to see or become aware of something
  • predict, predicts, predicting, predicted – to say what you think will happen in the future
  • recognize, recognizes, recognizing, recognized – to know someone or something because you’ve seen it before
  • reflect, reflects, reflecting, reflected – to think deeply about something
  • remind, reminds, reminding, reminded – to help someone remember something
  • suppose, supposes, supposing, supposed – to guess or believe something is true
  • Communication & Reporting
  • announce, announces, announcing, announced – to tell news to many people
  • argue, argues, arguing, argued – to speak strongly about different opinions
  • assert, asserts, asserting, asserted – to state something firmly and clearly
  • claim, claims, claiming, claimed – to say something is true, often without proof
  • debate, debates, debating, debated – to discuss different opinions formally
  • declare, declares, declaring, declared – to say something officially or clearly
  • describe, describes, describing, described – to tell what something looks, feels, or acts like
  • explain, explains, explaining, explained – to make something clear or easy to understand
  • express, expresses, expressing, expressed – to show or tell what you feel or think
  • inform, informs, informing, informed – to give information to someone
  • mention, mentions, mentioning, mentioned – to talk about something briefly
  • persuade, persuades, persuading, persuaded – to make someone agree with you or do something
  • propose, proposes, proposing, proposed – to suggest a plan or idea
  • publish, publishes, publishing, published – to make writing available to everyone
  • report, reports, reporting, reported – to give news or information
  • respond, responds, responding, responded – to reply or answer
  • reveal, reveals, revealing, revealed – to show something that was hidden
  • warn, warns, warning, warned – to tell someone about possible danger or a problem
  • Movement & Physical Actions
  • approach, approaches, approaching, approached – to move closer to someone or something
  • arrange, arranges, arranging, arranged – to put things in a certain order
  • attach, attaches, attaching, attached – to connect one thing to another
  • attract, attracts, attracting, attracted – to pull towards or draw interest
  • avoid, avoids, avoiding, avoided – to stay away from something
  • catch, catches, catching, caught, caught – to get hold of something moving
  • climb, climbs, climbing, climbed – to go up something
  • crawl, crawls, crawling, crawled – to move slowly on hands and knees
  • drag, drags, dragging, dragged – to pull something along the ground
  • drop, drops, dropping, dropped – to let something fall
  • escape, escapes, escaping, escaped – to get away from a place or danger
  • gather, gathers, gathering, gathered – to collect people or things together
  • grab, grabs, grabbing, grabbed – to take something quickly or suddenly
  • hang, hangs, hanging, hung, hung – to suspend something from above
  • hop, hops, hopping, hopped – to jump on one foot
  • kick, kicks, kicking, kicked – to hit something with your foot
  • lift, lifts, lifting, lifted – to move something higher up
  • pull, pulls, pulling, pulled – to move something toward you
  • push, pushes, pushing, pushed – to move something away from you
  • raise, raises, raising, raised – to lift or move something up
  • replace, replaces, replacing, replaced – to put something new instead of the old one
  • roll, rolls, rolling, rolled – to move by turning over and over
  • shake, shakes, shaking, shook, shaken – to move quickly from side to side
  • slide, slides, sliding, slid, slid – to move smoothly along a surface
  • spin, spins, spinning, spun, spun – to turn around very fast
  • stretch, stretches, stretching, stretched – to make something longer or wider
  • swing, swings, swinging, swung, swung – to move back and forth
  • tear, tears, tearing, tore, torn – to pull something into pieces
  • throw, throws, throwing, threw, thrown – to send something through the air with your hand
  • twist, twists, twisting, twisted – to turn something around
  • Sensation, Feeling & Reactions
  • appreciate, appreciates, appreciating, appreciated – to be thankful for something
  • apprehend, apprehends, apprehending, apprehended – to understand or to catch someone, by police
  • astonish, astonishes, astonishing, astonished – to surprise greatly
  • comfort, comforts, comforting, comforted – to help someone feel better when sad or upset
  • disturb, disturbs, disturbing, disturbed – to interrupt or bother someone
  • embarrass, embarrasses, embarrassing, embarrassed – to make someone feel shy or ashamed
  • envy, envies, envying, envied – to want something that someone else has
  • fascinate, fascinates, fascinating, fascinated – to strongly interest someone
  • fear, fears, fearing, feared – to be afraid of something
  • forgive, forgives, forgiving, forgave, forgiven – to stop being angry at someone for what they did
  • frighten, frightens, frightening, frightened – to make someone scared
  • impress, impresses, impressing, impressed – to make someone admire you
  • irritate, irritates, irritating, irritated – to make someone annoyed or angry
  • offend, offends, offending, offended – to hurt someone’s feelings
  • regret, regrets, regretting, regretted – to wish you had not done something
  • relax, relaxes, relaxing, relaxed – to become calm and less worried
  • relieve, relieves, relieving, relieved – to make pain, worry, or stress less
  • respect, respects, respecting, respected – to admire or treat someone well
  • upset, upsets, upsetting, upset, upset – to make someone sad, worried, or angry
  • wound, wounds, wounding, wounded – to injure someone, especially with a weapon
  • Science, Technology & Analysis
  • calculate, calculates, calculating, calculated – to find an answer by using math
  • combine, combines, combining, combined – to put two or more things together
  • compare, compares, comparing, compared – to look at things to see how they are the same or different
  • compute, computes, computing, computed – to use math or a computer to get a result
  • conduct, conducts, conducting, conducted – to do or carry out an activity
  • convert, converts, converting, converted – to change into a different form
  • design, designs, designing, designed – to plan and create how something will look or work
  • explore, explores, exploring, explored – to travel around and learn about a new place
  • generate, generates, generating, generated – to create or make something
  • investigate, investigates, investigating, investigated – to try to find out the facts about something
  • measure, measures, measuring, measured – to find the size, length, or amount of something
  • modify, modifies, modifying, modified – to change something a little
  • observe, observes, observing, observed – to watch carefully
  • produce, produces, producing, produced – to make or bring something into existence
  • research, researches, researching, researched – to study something deeply to learn more
  • test, tests, testing, tested – to check how well something works
  • translate, translates, translating, translated – to change words from one language to another
  • Business, Society & Management
  • advertise, advertises, advertising, advertised – to tell people about a product so they will buy it
  • approve, approves, approving, approved – to officially accept or agree to something
  • authorize, authorizes, authorizing, authorized – to give official permission for something
  • balance, balances, balancing, balanced – to keep things equal or steady
  • budget, budgets, budgeting, budgeted – to plan how to use and save money
  • compensate, compensates, compensating, compensated – to pay someone for something or to make up for a loss
  • cooperate, cooperates, cooperating, cooperated – to work together with others
  • contribute, contributes, contributing, contributed – to give or add something as part of a group
  • expand, expands, expanding, expanded – to make bigger in size, number, or amount
  • invest, invests, investing, invested – to put money or time into something for a future benefit
  • launch, launches, launching, launched – to start or introduce something new
  • negotiate, negotiates, negotiating, negotiated – to discuss and try to reach an agreement
  • organize, organizes, organizing, organized – to arrange or put things in order
  • participate, participates, participating, participated – to join or take part in something
  • promote, promotes, promoting, promoted – to help something grow or move to a higher position
  • provide, provides, providing, provided – to supply or give what is needed
  • recommend, recommends, recommending, recommended – to suggest something as good
  • relocate, relocates, relocating, relocated – to move to a new place
  • represent, represents, representing, represented – to act or speak for someone else
  • resign, resigns, resigning, resigned – to leave a job by your own choice
  • retire, retires, retiring, retired – to stop working, usually because of age
  • supervise, supervises, supervising, supervised – to watch over and guide someone’s work
  • trade, trades, trading, traded – to buy, sell, or exchange goods or services
  • Nature, Environment & Life
  • bloom, blooms, blooming, bloomed – to produce flowers
  • breed, breeds, breeding, bred, bred – to produce young animals or plants
  • capture, captures, capturing, captured – to catch and keep someone or something
  • consume, consumes, consuming, consumed – to use up or eat something
  • cultivate, cultivates, cultivating, cultivated – to grow plants or crops
  • decompose, decomposes, decomposing, decomposed – to break down naturally into smaller parts
  • emit, emits, emitting, emitted – to send out gas, heat, light, or sound
  • erode, erodes, eroding, eroded – to slowly wear away by wind, water, or other forces
  • germinate, germinates, germinating, germinated – to begin to grow, seeds
  • hibernate, hibernates, hibernating, hibernated – to sleep for a long time during winter
  • migrate, migrates, migrating, migrated – to move from one place to another, animals, people
  • pollute, pollutes, polluting, polluted – to make dirty or harmful to the environment
  • preserve, preserves, preserving, preserved – to keep something safe or unchanged
  • recycle, recycles, recycling, recycled – to use something again after processing
  • release, releases, releasing, released – to let something go free
  • thrive, thrives, thriving, throve/thrived, thrived/thriven – to grow or do very well
  • wither, withers, withering, withered – to dry up and die, plants
  • Advanced General & Abstract Verbs
  • abolish, abolishes, abolishing, abolished – to end something officially, usually by law
  • accumulate, accumulates, accumulating, accumulated – to collect more and more of something over time
  • allocate, allocates, allocating, allocated – to set something aside for a special use
  • anticipate, anticipates, anticipating, anticipated – to expect or look forward to something
  • compile, compiles, compiling, compiled – to collect things together in one place
  • convey, conveys, conveying, conveyed – to communicate or make known
  • deduce, deduces, deducing, deduced – to figure out something from facts or clues
  • depict, depicts, depicting, depicted – to show or describe something in words or pictures
  • disclose, discloses, disclosing, disclosed – to reveal or make something known
  • eliminate, eliminates, eliminating, eliminated – to remove or get rid of something
  • enforce, enforces, enforcing, enforced – to make sure people follow rules or laws
  • facilitate, facilitates, facilitating, facilitated – to make something easier to do
  • forecast, forecasts, forecasting, forecast/forecasted, forecast/forecasted – to predict what will happen, especially the weather
  • inhibit, inhibits, inhibiting, inhibited – to hold back or slow down something
  • justify, justifies, justifying, justified – to show or explain why something is right
  • mediate, mediates, mediating, mediated – to help people reach an agreement
  • omit, omits, omitting, omitted – to leave out or skip something
  • persist, persists, persisting, persisted – to keep doing something, even if it’s hard
  • precede, precedes, preceding, preceded – to come before something else
  • prohibit, prohibits, prohibiting, prohibited – to not allow something
  • retain, retains, retaining, retained – to keep or hold onto something
  • simulate, simulates, simulating, simulated – to copy or pretend to be something else
  • substitute, substitutes, substituting, substituted – to use one thing instead of another
  • undergo, undergoes, undergoing, underwent, undergone – to experience something, usually a change
  • violate, violates, violating, violated – to break a rule or law
  • witness, witnesses, witnessing, witnessed – to see something happen, especially an event or crime