General

Reporting verb Usage Strength

meaning
accuse sb of sth Strong
accuse allege that strong
blame, criticise sb for sth strong
develop weak
add
contribute to sth strong
admit, concede that weak
echo sth neutral
accept,
acknowledge,
that neutral
confirm,
agree recognise
endorse,
sth strong
support
agree that strong
concur with sb strong
assume that weak
subscribe to sth neutral
feel, hold,
believe that neutral
profess
argue, believe,
claim, insist, that strong
maintain
conclude discover, find, that neutral
 infer, discern
conclude that strong
question, query sth weak
doubt sth neutral
disapprove of sth strong
sb to do
challenge strong
sth
cast doubt on,
contradict,
discount,
disagree dismiss,
disprove, sth strong
dispute,
oppose, refute,
reject, object
to
deny that strong
disagree with sb strong
counter, rebuff strong
discuss discuss sth neutral
highlight,
sth strong
underscore
emphasise
emphasise,
that strong
stress
examine inquire weak
analyse, assess, sth neutral
 evaluate,
examine,
investigate,
study
compare sth to sth neutral
sth with
contrast neutral
sth
scrutinise sth strong
identify,
sth neutral
illustrate
explain define sth as sth neutral
articulate,
that neutral
clarify, explain
speculate,
guess suppose, that weak
suspect
take into
include weak
consideration
persuade that strong
persuade
convince strong
require stipulate that strong
view sth as sth weak
notice that weak
see
see weak
observe that neutral
 calculate that weak
establish that neutral
demonstrate that/how neutral
show
prove, reveal that strong

show that/how strong

determine strong
comment, note,
that weak
remark
describe,
express,
sth neutral
outline,
present
state add, declare,
inform,
mention, point that neutral
out, remind,
report, state
assert that strong
suggest put forward sth weak
imply,
intimate, that weak
suggest
hypothesise, that neutral
posit,
postulate,
 propose,
theorise
sb of
warn strong
sth/that
sb to do
exhort strong
sth
advise,
advocate,
affirm, that strong
recommend,
urge
consider sth neutral
reflect that neutral
think
contend,
that strong
reason