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From "To Boldly Go: Practical Career Advice for Scientists", by Peter S. Fiske
found at http://web.mit.edu/career/www/guide/actionverbs.html
accessed 2012/02
Synonyms
- ability: aptitude, capability
- adopt: use, utilize, employ , apply, mobilize, exert , restore revive, specialize in
- assist: dispatch, expedite, cooperate, maintain,promote authority command, charter, domain, scope, field, control, jurisdiction, commission, province ,circle, in charge of
- authorize: entitle, delegate, empower , qualify, invest , endow
- business: undertaking , pursuit, venture, affair, concern, interest, matter, negotiations, transactions
- carry out: discharge, execute, pursue, fulfill, perform, practice, exercise, undertake, transact, assume, accomplish, achieve, attain company: concern, enterprise, establishment, institution, corporation, firm, organization
- continue: keep up, remain, resume, persevere, persist, adhere to
- cooperate: collaborate, contribute to, support
- develop: originate, create, derive, cause, effect, generate, bring about, result in, give rise to, design, devise, make, build, construct, synthesize, form, prepare, organize, sponsor, prompt
- earn: merit, exceed, excel, surpass, better, top, progress, advance
- effective: forceful, potent, valid, strong, vigorous, productive, influential, dynamic
- emphasis: stress, accentuate, feature
- implement: execute, enforce
- job: situation, position, post, status, footing, appointment, capacity, occupation, calling, profession, career
- manage: handle, deal with, represent, operate, oversee, designate, engineer, execute, supervise, conduct , engage in, regulate, check , direct, administer, take charge
- participate: share, collaborate, coordinate, synchronize, combine, pool , take part in, contribute
- point out: indicate, exhibit, display, reveal, demonstrate, show, credit with, assign to
- promote: evaluate, raise
- responsible: liable, accountable, answerable, account for, plan, design, project, proposal, scheme, outline, map, model, program, result, obtain, secure, method, means, system, policy, procedure
206 Action Verbs
- accelerated
- accomplished
- achieved
- acquired
- adapted
- addressed
- administered
- advanced
- allocated
- analyzed
- anticipated
- applied
- appointed
- approved
- arranged
- assigned
- assisted
- attained
- audited
- augmented
- broadened
- brought
- built
- calculated
- centralized
- clarified
- collaborated
- combined
- completed
- conceived
- concluded
- condensed
- conducted
- consolidated
- constructed
- consulted
- contracted
- contributed
- controlled
- converted
- coordinated
- corrected
- created
- cut
- decentralized
- decreased
- defined
- delivered
- demonstrated
- designated
- designed
- determined
- developed
- devised
- discharged
- discovered
- distributed
- documented
- doubled
- earned
- edited
- eliminated
- employed
- enforced
- established
- estimated
- evaluated
- examined
- exceeded
- exercised
- expanded
- extended
- financed
- forecasted
- formed
- formulated
- founded
- fulfilled
- generated
- guided
- halved
- handled
- headed
- helped
- hired
- identified
- implemented
- improved
- increased
- influenced
- initiated
- inspected
- installed
- instituted
- instructed
- integrated
- interviewed
- introduced
- invented
- investigated
- launched
- liquidated
- located
- made
- maintained
- managed
- marketed
- mediated
- minimized
- mobilized
- modernized
- modified
- monitored
- motivated
- negotiated
- obtained
- operated
- ordered
- organized
- originated
- overcame
- overhauled
- oversaw
- participated
- performed
- pinpointed
- planned
- prepared
- presented
- prevented
- processed
- produced
- programmed
- projected
- promoted
- proposed
- proved
- published
- re-established
- realized
- recommended
- reconciled
- recruited
- reduced
- regulated
- reinforced
- reorganized
- reported
- represented
- researched
- reshaped
- resolved
- restored won
- reviewed
- revised
- revived
- saved
- scheduled
- secured
- selected
- served
- set up
- settled
- shaped
- showed
- simplified
- sold
- solved
- sponsored
- staffed
- standardized
- started
- stimulated
- streamlined
- strengthened
- stretched
- structured
- studied
- suggested
- summarized
- supervised
- supported
- surpassed
- surveyed
- sustained
- tailored
- taught
- terminated
- tested
- traded
- transacted
- transferred
- transformed
- translated
- trimmed
- tripled
- uncovered
- undertook
- unified
- used
- utilized
- verified
- widened
- withdrew
- worked
- wrote
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