2025-12-30

software development verbs

similarity clusters by dominant usage in software development

lifecycle prepare and nitialize

prepare, initialize, setup, configure, ensure, reserve

lifecycle introduce and construct

introduce, add, create, make, new, generate, import, load, instantiate, compile

access and retrieve

get, retrieve, fetch, read, access, select

in place update

update, write, modify, change, patch, overwrite

structural transform

map, convert, cast, normalize, adapt, reencode, reshape, refactor, reorganize

selection and routing

merge, partition, join, split, route, project, filter

lifecycle eliminate and release

eliminate, delete, destroy, free, deinitialize, deallocate, remove, erase, drop, discard, forget, ignore, release, uninitialize, finalize

clear and reset

clear, empty, reset, wipe, truncate, zero

traversal

traverse, iterate, walk, scan, visit

movement and replication

move, copy

aggregation and summarization

fold, reduce, aggregate, accumulate, summarize, compress

other

bind, clone, call, open, close, display, print, export, finish, flush, set, find, append, concatenate, parse, count, listen, require, assert, use, run, execute, scan, accept, reject, force, reverse, sort, skip, index, group, fill, trim, compare, match, acquire, construct, destruct, enter, exit, allocate, build, start, stop, validate, define, declare, register, query, lookup, verify, connect, disconnect, lock, unlock, freeze, unfreeze, retry, abort, install, uninstall, insert, splice, unsplice