List of Commonly Used Windows Standard Powershell Verbs

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Verbs used to name CmdLets should be named from verbs from the list supplied be Get-Verb. The verbs express specific actions in Windows PowerShell, while the nouns describe specific types of objects. Verbs should be phrased in the present tense, and nouns should be singular.

Verb	Meaning	Synonyms
Add	Adds a resource to a container or attaches an element to another element	Append, Attach, Concatenate, Insert
Clear	Removes all elements from a container	Flush, Erase, Release, Unmark, Unset,
close	Removes access to a resource	Shut, Seal
Copy	Copies a resource to another name or container	Duplicate, Clone, Replicate
Enter	Sets a resource as a context	Push, Telnet, Open
Exit	Returns to the context that was present before a new context was entered	Pop, Disconnect
Find	Searches within an unknown context for a desired item	Dig, Discover
Format	Converts an item to a specified structure or layout	Layout, Arrange
Get	Retrieves data	Read, Open, Cat, Type, Dir, Obtain ,Dump, Acquire, Examine, Find, Search
Hide	Makes a display not visible	Suppress
Join	Joins a resource	Combine, Unite, Connect, Associate
Lock	Locks a resource	Restrict, Bar
Move	Moves a resource	Transfer, Name, Migrate
New	Creates a new resource	Create, Generate, Build, Make, Allocate
open	Enables access to a resource	Release, Unseal
Pop	Removes an item from the top of a stack	Remove Paste
Push	Puts an item onto the top of a stack	Put, Add, Copy
Redo	Repeats an action or reverts the action of an Undo	Repeat, Retry, Revert
Remove	Removes a resource from a container	Delete, Kill
Rename	Gives a resource a new name	Ren , Swap
Reset	Restores a resource to a predefined or original state	Restore, Revert
Select	Creates a subset of data from a larger data set	Pick, Grep, Filter
Search	Finds a resource (or summary information about that resource) in a collection (does not actually retrieve the resource but provides information to be used when retrieving it)	Find , get , grep, select
Set	Place data	Write, Assign, Configure
Show	Retrieves, formats, and displays information	Bypass, Jump
Skip	Bypasses an element in a seek or navigation	Divide, Chop, Parse
split	Separates data into smaller elements	Next, Iterate
Step	Moves a process or navigation forward by one unit	Toggle, Alter, Flip
Switch	Alternates the state of a resource between different alternatives or options	Toggle, Alter ,flip
Unlock	Unlocks a resource	Free, Unrestricted
Use	Applies or associates a resource with a context	With , Having
Watch	Continually monitors an item	Monitor, Poll
Connect	Connects a source to a destination	Join, Telnet
Disconnect	Disconnects a source from a destination	Break, Logoff
Read	Acquires information from a no connected source	Prompt, Get
Receive	Acquires information from a connected source	Read, Accept, Peek
Send	Writes information to a connected destination	Put, Broadcast, Mail
Write	Writes information to a no connected destination	Puts, Print
Backup	Backs up data	Save, Burn
Checkpoint	Creates a snapshot of the current state of data or its configuration	Diff, Start Transaction
Compare	Compares a resource with another resource	Diff, Bc
Compress	Reduces the size or resource usage of an item	Zip, Squeeze, Archive
Convert	Changes from one representation to another when the camlet supports	Change, Resize, Resample
convert From	Converts from one primary input to several supported outputs	Export, Output, Out
Convert to	Converts from several supported inputs to one primary output	Import, Input, In
Dismount	Detaches a name entity from a location in a namespace	Dismount, Unlink
Edit	Modifies an item in place	Change, Modify, Alter
Expand	Increases the size or resource usage of an item	Extract , Unzip
Export	Stores the primary input resource into a backing store or interchange format	Extract, Backup
Group	Combines an item with other related items	Merge, Combine, Map
Import	Creates a primary output resource from a backing store or interchange format	Load , Read
Initialize	Prepares a resource for use and initializes it to a default state	Setup, Renew, Rebuild
Limit	Applies constraints to a resource	Quota , Enforce
Merge	Creates a single data instance from multiple data sets	Combine, Join
Mount	Attaches a named entity to a location in a namespace	Attach, Link
Out	Sends data to a terminal location	Print, Format, Sen
Publish	Make a resource known or visible to other	Deploy , Release , Install
Restore	Restores a resource to a set of conditions that have been predefined or set by a checkpoint	Repair , Retum, Fix
Save	Stores pending changes to a recoverable store	Write, Retain, Submi
Sync	Synchronizes two resources with each other	Push, Update
Unpublish	Removes a resource from public visibility	Uninstall, Revert
Update	Updates or refreshes a resource	Refresh, Renew, Index
Debug	Examines a resource, diagnoses operational problems	Attach, Diagnose
Measure	Identifies resources consumed by an operation or retrieves statistics about a resource	Calculate , Determine, Analyze
Ping	Determines whether a resource is active and responsive (in most instances, this should be replaced by the verb Test)	Connect, Debug
Repair	Recovers an item from a damaged or broken state	Fix, Recover, Rebuild
Resolve	Maps a shorthand representation to a more complete one	Expand, Determine
Test	Verify the validity or consistency of a resource	Diagnose, Verify, Analyze
Trace	Follow the activities of the resource	Inspect, Dig
Approve	Gives approval or permission for an item or resource	Allow, Let
Assert	Declares the state of an item or fact Finalizes a pending operation	Verify, Check
Complete	Finalizes a pending operation	Finalize, End
Confirm	Approves or acknowledges a resource or process	Check, Validate
Deny	Disapproves or disallowa a resource or process	Fail, Halt
Disable	Configures an item to be available	Halt, Hide
Enable	Configures an item to be available	Allow, Perform
Install	Places a resource in the specified location and optionally initializes it	Setup Configure
Invoke	Calls or launches an activity that cannot be stopped	Run, Call, Perform
Register	Adds an item to a monitored or publishing resource	Record , Submit , Journal , Subscribe
Request	Submits for consideration or approval	Ask, Query
Restart	Stops an operation and starts it again	Recycle , Hup
Resume	Begins an operation after it has been suspended	Configure
Start	Begins an activity	Launch, Initiate
Stop	Discontinues an activity	Halt, End, Discontinue
Submit	Adds to a list of pending actions or sends for approval	Send Post
Suspend	Pauses until an expected event occurs	Pause, Sleep, Break
Uninstall	Removes a resource from the specified location	Remove, Clear, Clean
Unregister	Removes an item from a monitored or publishing resource	Unsubscribe , Erase, Remover
Wait	Pauses until an expected event occurs	Sleep, Pause , Join
Block	Restricts access to a resource	Prevent, Limit, Deny
Grant	Grants access to a resource	Allow, Enable
Protect	Limits access to a resource	Encrypt, Seal
Revoke	Removes access to a resource	Remove, Disable
Unblock	Removes a restriction of access to a resource	Clear, Allow
Unprotect	Removes restrictions from a protected resource	Decrypt, Decode

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