500 Most Common English Verbs - Top 176 - 200 Verbs

Here you are provided with the part 8 of the list of the most common verbs in English such as "form", "burn", and "close".

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500 Most Common English Verbs

to be important or have a great effect on someone or something

Ex: The details of the contract negotiation will matter during the final decision-making process .

to cause a change in a person, thing, etc.

Ex: The economic downturn is expected to affect businesses across various sectors .
to form [verb]

to combine parts or bring them together to create something

Ex: Individual artists can form a collective to showcase their work and support each other .
to fill [verb]

to make something full

Ex: Please fill my glass with water .
to burn [verb]

to be on fire and be destroyed by it

Ex: The forest burned for days , leaving behind a trail of destruction .
to close [verb]

to move something like a window or door into a position that people or things cannot pass through

Ex: It 's time to leave , so please close your laptop and gather your belongings .
to act [verb]

to do something for a special reason

Ex: The detective had to act swiftly to prevent the suspect from escaping .
to tend [verb]

to be likely to develop or occur in a certain way because that is the usual pattern

Ex: Historical patterns suggest that economic downturns tend to lead to increased unemployment .
to place [verb]

to lay or put something somewhere

Ex: Please place your keys on the designated hook by the entrance .
to avoid [verb]

to intentionally stay away from or refuse contact with someone

Ex: The celebrity avoided fans by using a private entrance .
to agree [verb]

to hold the same opinion as another person about something

Ex: We all agree that we need more resources for the project .

to know who a person or what an object is, because we have heard, seen, etc. them before

Ex: The dog recognized its owner ’s scent from a distance .

to ask a person to pay a certain amount of money in return for a product or service

Ex: Restaurants in tourist areas often charge more for their meals .
to lie [verb]

to intentionally say or write something that is not true

Ex: Yesterday , she lied to her parents about where she was going .

to make something end

Ex: The team finished the race in first place .
to enter [verb]

to come or go into a place

Ex: He entered the building and immediately noticed the elegant architecture .
to fix [verb]

to repair something that is broken

Ex: Yesterday , he fixed the broken window in the living room .
to grab [verb]

to take someone or something suddenly or violently

Ex: The teacher grabbed the misbehaving student by the collar and escorted him out of the classroom .
to touch [verb]

to put our hand or body part on a thing or person

Ex: She gently touched the soft fur of the cat .

to be the first person who finds something or someplace that others did not know about

Ex: The scientist discovered a new species of plant in the remote rainforest .

to make drawings according to which something will be constructed or produced

Ex: By the time the project was due , they had already designed the entire product .
to taste [verb]

to have a specific flavor

Ex: Yesterday , the pasta dish she made tasted a bit too salty .
to fail [verb]

to be unsuccessful in accomplishing something

Ex: He worked hard , but in the end , he failed .

to be an image, sign, symbol, etc. of something

Ex: The statue in the square has long represented freedom .
to hurt [verb]

to cause injury or physical pain to yourself or someone else

Ex: I hurt my back lifting that heavy box .