Academic reporting verbs
Verbs for reporting evidence, arguments and interpretation with the right level of certainty.
To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denotin…
anchor · The neutral everyday starting point.DemonstrateTo point out; to show; to exhibit; to make evident.
formal · Use when evidence provides strong support.IllustrateTo make clear, bright, or luminous.
formal · Curated member of Academic reporting verbs.IndicateTo point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.
softer · Use when evidence points towards a conclusion without proving it.SuggestTo introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects.
softer · Useful for cautious or preliminary findings.RevealTo make known (that which has been concealed or kept secret); to unveil; to disclose; to show.
related · Emphasises that something previously hidden becomes visible.IllustrateTo make clear, bright, or luminous.
related · Use when an example makes a point clearer.EstablishTo make stable or firm; to fix immovably or firmly; to set (a thing) in a place and make it stable there; to settle; to confirm.
stronger · Use when evidence supports a well-founded conclusion.ImplyTo infold or involve; to wrap up.
softer · Curated member of Academic reporting verbs.ImplyTo infold or involve; to wrap up.
related · Use when a meaning or conclusion is communicated indirectly.