Academic Writing for International Students of Business

 Study the list below and find a synonym in each case.

NB: Some of these verbs (e.g. ‘hold’) are used in academic writing with a special
meaning.

178 Part 3: Vocabulary for Writing

Verb Example of use Synonym

to adapt the tax system has been Norway adaptedfrom modified

to arise a similar situation companies ariseswhen we look at new

to conduct the largest study was conductedin Canada

to characterise developing countries are characterisedby...

to clarify the project was designed to contradictions clarifythese

to concentrate on that study concentrated onfemale managers

to be concerned

with

the programme is concernedprimarily

with...

to demonstrate further research has factors... demonstratedthat few

to determine the water content was experimentallydetermined

to discriminate a failure to systems discriminatebetween the two

to establish the business was establishedin 1955

to exhibit half of the businesses improvement exhibitedsigns of

to focus on her work focused onshort-term loans

to generate a question which has responses generateda range of

to hold Newton’s second law, everywhere F= ma, holds

to identify three main areas have been identified

to imply his absence impliesa lack of interest

to interact understand how the two systems interact

to interpret the result can be success interpretedas a limited