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Action verbs

General purpose action verbs

  • add
  • activate
  • apply: use or implement
  • analyze: examine, break down data
  • call: invoke a function or procedure
  • clear
  • collect: gather items
  • convert: change format
  • check: verity, inspect status
  • combine
  • complete: finish a task or process
  • detect: identify or sense an error
  • display: show or render
  • execute: perform task
  • filter
  • find: locate an item or value
  • finish
  • format
  • generate: produce or create dynamically a report
  • group
  • handle: manage or process a request
  • invoke
  • load: retrieve or prepare resource
  • make: construct
  • manage: oversee or control
  • match
  • merge
  • obtain: acquire or gather a result
  • perform
  • persist: maintain or store over time
  • prepare: set up or prepare data
  • process: handle or transform an input
  • produce:
  • resolve: dependency, conflict
  • retrieve: recover
  • remove
  • run: execute or start
  • search
  • sort
  • set up
  • trigger
  • validate: verify correctness
  • verify

Reserved words - verbs tied to specific meaning in common APIs

  • await
  • create
  • build
  • construct
  • delete
  • dispatch
  • emit: event, signal
  • evaluate
  • fetch: data from network
  • get
  • initialize: life cycle
  • inspect
  • import
  • locak
  • open
  • parse
  • post
  • save
  • store
  • set
  • upload
  • wait
  • yield