Verbs About Problems
1. Maintain, to preserve or keep things as they are.
Our quality is excellent, so your job is to maintain our high standards and improve them if you can.
These historic buildings are very old and need to be maintained.
2. Disrupt, to cause disorder or confusion.
Smartphones have disrupted the way we live our lives.
Investors want to invest in companies that disrupt the way things are done.
Sometimes disruptive technologies change the world in ways we don't like.
3. Settle, to calm things down or end a conflict or disagreement.
He is too upset to think clearly, so he needs to settle down.
If we can't agree, we'll have to go to a court to settle our differences.
4. Solve, to figure out or find the answer or solution to a problem.
The problem is difficult, so we need to find a way to solve it.
We can't solve that problem without using a computer.
5. Prove, to use evidence or logic to support an idea.
The police had to release him because they couldn't prove that he committed the crime.
The best way to prove that something can be done is to do it.
In mathematics, students learn how touse logic to prove things.
He is very good at solving difficult problems even under pressure.
Verbs About Information
1. Exchange, to swap or change one thing for another.
When we buy something, we exchange money for the product.
In the human body, oxygen is exchanged for CO2 in the lungs.
In a meeting two people may exchange looks by nodding heads or showing emotions.
2. Cooperate, to work together or collaborate.
Instead of competing with each other, we should cooperate.
A good manager can get people to cooperate, even if they are on different teams.
We need him to cooperate instead of refusing to work with us.
3. Capture, to catch and hold something, the opposite of release.
The prisoners escaped, but they were captured within a few days.
In war, armies try to capture territory and defeat their enemies on the battlefield.
If you are captured by the enemy, you probably won't survive.
4. To distribute or share, to pass around or give to others unselfishly.
One reason that company is successful, is that it has a profit sharing plan.
After the earthquake, the army came and distributed food and water to the survivors.
After the earthquake it was important for people to share their food and water to supplies with the others.
5. Eliminate, to get rid of, or dispose of.
Waste products must be eliminated from our bodies, or we will die.
Teams were eliminated from the competition when they lost too many games.
One way to eliminate corruption is to punish those people who are corrupt.