REPORTING VERBS

Believe

Think

Focus on

Consider

Prefer

-

Measure

Calculate

Quantify

Obtain

Find

-

Correspond to

Accord with

-

Account for

Explain

Support

-

Accept

Emphasise

Hypothesise

Invoke

Note

Point out

Posit

Reason

Subscribe to

-

Attack

Challenge

Dismiss

Dispute

Diverge from

Object to

Oppose

Question

Reject

-

Assess

Examine

Evaluate

Focus on

 

Pose

Quote

Tackle

Undertake

-

Acknowledge

Bring out

Demonstrate

Identify

Improve

Notice

Prove

Recognise

Substantiate

Throw light on

-

Betray (ignorance)

Confuse

Disregard

Ignore

Misuse

-

Advance

Believe

Claim

Examine

Generalise

Propose

Retain

Urge

Utilise

-

Add

Comment

Continue

Detail

Mention

Note

Recast

Repeat

Remark

Sketch

-

 

Admit

Advocate

Assert

Criticise

Hint

Emphasise

Favour

Hypothesise

Insist

Reiterate

Remind

Warn

-

Account for

Bring out

Confirm

Conform to

Overcome

Establish

Popularise

Prove

Solve

-

Adopt

Apply

Calculate

Employ

Map

Observe

Provide

Recount

Say

See

Use

Write