Glossary of Action Verbs: A Guide for Writing Job Descriptions, Exercises of Grammar and Composition

Download Glossary of Action Verbs: A Guide for Writing Job Descriptions and more Exercises Grammar and Composition in PDF only on Docsity! BNA Policy and Practice Series Glossary of Action Verbs The following compilation of action verbs is intended as a guide to common verbs used in writing job descriptions. Act – To exert one’s powers in such a way as to bring about an effect; to carry out a purpose. Add – To affix or attach; to perform mathematical addition of figures. Administer – To manage or direct the application or execution of; to administrate. Adopt – To take and apply or put into practice; to accept, as a report. Advise – To give advice to; to recommend a course of action (not simply to tell or inform). Affirm – To confirm or ratify. Align – To arrange or form in a line. Amend – To change or modify. Analyze – To study the factors of a situation or problem in order to determine the solution or outcome. Factors studied should be unrelated and then from this information individual makes a decision. To study various unrelated facts to arrive at a conclusion. Anticipate – To foresee events, trends, consequences, or problems. Apply – To adjust or direct; to put in use, as a rule. Appraise – To evaluate as to quality, status, effectiveness. Approve – To sanction officially; to accept as satisfactory; to ratify (thereby assuming responsibility for). Used only when individual has final authority. Arrange – To place in proper order. Ascertain – To find out or learn for a certainty. Assemble – To collect or gather together in a predetermined order; to fit together the parts of. Assign – To fix, specify or delegate. Legally, to transfer or make over to another. C:\Documents and Settings\lgenco\Desktop\Glossary of Action Verbs.doc BNA Policy and Practice Series Assist – To lend aid; to help; to give support to. Assume – To take to or upon oneself; to undertake. Assure – To confirm; to make certain of; to state confidently. Attach – To bind, fasten, tie or connect. Attend – To be present for the purpose of making a contribution. Audit – To make a final and official examination of accounts. Authorize – To empower; to permit; to establish by authority. Balance – To arrange or prove so that the sum of one group equals the sum of another. Batch – To group into a quantity for one operation. Calculate – To ascertain by computation. Cancel – To strike out or cross out. Carry – To convey through the use of the hands. Center – To place or fix in or at the center; to collect to a point. Chart – To draw or exhibit in a chart or graph. Check – To examine; to compare for verification. Circulate – To disseminate; to distribute in accordance with a plan. Classify – To separate into groups having systematic relations. Clear – To obtain the concurrence, dissent or agreement of other officers prior to signature. Clear – (office equipment) to renew a previous accumulation of figures. Close – To end or terminate. Code – To transpose words or figures into symbols or characters (letters or numbers). Collaborate – To work or act jointly with others. Collate – To bring together in a predetermined order. C:\Documents and Settings\lgenco\Desktop\Glossary of Action Verbs.doc Furnish – To provide, supply, or give. Gather – To collect; to harvest; to accumulate and place in order. Implement – To carry out; to perform acts essential to the execution of a plan or program; to give effect to. Inform – To instruct; to communicate knowledge of. Initiate – To originate; to begin; to introduce for the first time, as a plan, policy, or procedure. Insert – To put or thrust in; to introduce as a word in a sentence. Inspect – To examine carefully and critically. Instruct – To impart knowledge to; to supply direction to. Interpret – To explain the meaning of; to translate; to elucidate. Interview – To question in order to obtain facts or opinions. Inventory – To count and make a list of items. Investigate – To inquire into systematically. Issue – To distribute formally. Itemize – To state in terms or by particulars; to set or note down in detail. Line – To cover the inside surface; to rule. List – To itemize. Locate – To search for and find; to position. Maintain – To hold or keep in any condition; to keep up to date or current, as records. Make – To cause something to assume a designated condition. Manage – To control and direct; to guide; to administer. Measure – To determine length or quantity of. Merge – To combine. BNA Policy and Practice Series C:\Documents and Settings\lgenco\Desktop\Glossary of Action Verbs.doc BNA Policy and Practice Series Mix – To unite or belong into one group or mass. Multiply – To perform the operation of multiplication. Note – To observe, notice, heed. Notify – To give notice to; to inform. Obtain – To gain possession of; to acquire. Observe – To perceive or notice; to watch. Open – To enter upon; to spread out; to make accessible. Operate – To conduct or perform activity. Organize – To arrange interdependent parts; to systemize. Originate – To produce as new. Outline – To make a summary of the significant features of a subject. Participate – To take part in. Perform – To carry on to a finish; to accomplish; to execute. Plan – To devise or project a method or a course of action. Post – To transfer or carry information from one record to another. Prepare – To make ready for a particular purpose. Process – To subject to some special treatment; to handle in accordance with prescribed procedures. Program- To make a plan or procedure. Propose – To offer for consideration or adoption. Provide – To supply for use; to furnish; to take precautionary methods in view of a possible need. Purchase – To buy or procure. Rate – To appraise or assess; to settle the rank or quality. C:\Documents and Settings\lgenco\Desktop\Glossary of Action Verbs.doc BNA Policy and Practice Series Receive – To take, as something that is offered. Recommend – To suggest courses of action or procedures to other persons who have the primary responsibility for adopting and carrying out the actions or procedures recommended. Reconstruct – To construct again; to restore. Record – To register; to make a record of. Refer – To direct attention; to make reference, as in referring to record. Register – To enter in a record; to list. Release – To permit the publication or dissemination of information at a specified date but not before. Remit – To transfer or send, as money in payment. Render – To furnish or contribute. Represent – To take the place of. Request – To ask for something. Require – To demand; to insist upon. Requisition – To make a request for something, usually records or supplies. Report – To furnish information or data. Research – To inquire specifically, using involved and critical investigation. Review – To go over or examine deliberately or critically, usually with a view to approval or dissent; to analyze results for the purpose of giving an opinion. Revise – To make a new, improved, or up-to-date version of. Route – To prearrange and direct locations to which an article is to be sent. Scan – To examine point by point; to scrutinize. Schedule – To plan a time table; to set specific times for. Screen – To examine closely, generally so as to separate one group or class form another. C:\Documents and Settings\lgenco\Desktop\Glossary of Action Verbs.doc