VBMOD Verbs of modification/change
Definition
Verbs expressing modification or change of state.
Detection Rules
xiao_2009
usas
cql[lemma={words} & pos="VB|VBD|VBG|VBN|VBP|VBZ"]
Word list (251 items)
Re-arranging
adapt
adjust
adjusted
adulterate
adulterated
affect
agitating
alter
altered
altering
alternate
alternating
alters
amend
amends
anglicize
anglicized
appertaining
ascribe
ascribed
attribute
attributed
attributing
backpedal
became
become
beget
begot
begotten
bent
betide
bias
biased
biases
biasing
blend
bowdlerise
bowdlerize
cause
change
changed
changing
combine
compound
compounding
compounds
connect
connote
connotes
convert
converts
cross-relate
de-activate
de-activated
depend
derive
derived
derives
destabilise
destabilised
destabilize
determine
determined
determining
develop
developed
developing
develops
disarranged
dislodge
displace
distorts
effect
effecting
engender
engenders
entail
entails
entrench
entrenched
evoke
evolve
evolved
evolving
experience
fine-tune
fluctuate
fluctuates
fluctuating
foment
fomented
generate
goad
happen
happened
happening
happens
hinge
hinged
impute
incented
incite
incur
incurred
induce
inflict
inflicting
influence
instil
instill
instilled
interconnect
interconnecting
interlink
interlinked
intertwine
intertwined
interwove
join
knead
link
manipulate
manipulating
melding
melt
mesh
meshes
meshing
mix
modified
modify
modifying
morphed
motivate
mould
moulding
occasion
occur
occurred
oscillate
oscillating
overthrew
overturn
overturned
pertain
pertaining
pervert
perverted
plateaue
plateauing
predicated
predispose
prejudice
produce
prompt
prompting
proportion
provoke
re-arrange
re-change
re-engineer
re-examine
re-examining
re-form
re-organise
re-organised
re-vamp
re-vamped
readjust
ream
reamed
rearrange
rearranged
rearranging
reconfigure
reconstitute
redefine
redevelop
redeveloped
redone
reengineer
reexamined
reform
reformed
reforming
rehash
rejigger
relate
remodel
remodeling
remodelled
remodelling
rename
render
rendered
rendering
reoccur
reorganise
reorganised
reorganize
replace
reset
restore
restoring
restructured
result
retooling
retract
revamp
revamped
revamps
revert
reverted
reverting
revise
revolutionise
revolutionised
revolutionize
rework
reworking
skew
stabilise
stabilised
stabilize
stablise
stablised
stagnate
stimulate
stimulated
substitute
supercede
superceded
supersede
supersedes
supplant
supplanted
switch
tie
tied
ties
tinker
tinkers
transform
trigger
triggered
triggering
unchanged
unfuck
warranted
yoked
Normalization
Per words
Sources
- xiao_2009 — Xiao, Richard (2009) : Multidimensional analysis and the study of world Englishes
- usas — Rayson, Paul; Archer, Dawn; Piao, Scott; McEnery, Tony (2004) : The UCREL Semantic Analysis System