PowerShell: Approved Verbs
The Powershell team at Microsoft has selected a number of verbs that are acceptable for use in Powershell cmdlets. This list has been updated to reflect the new verbs in Powershell 3.0
| Verb | Group |
| Add | Common |
| Clear | Common |
| Close | Common |
| Copy | Common |
| Enter | Common |
| Exit | Common |
| Find | Common |
| Format | Common |
| Get | Common |
| Hide | Common |
| Join | Common |
| Lock | Common |
| Move | Common |
| New | Common |
| Open | Common |
| Optimize | Common |
| Pop | Common |
| Push | Common |
| Redo | Common |
| Remove | Common |
| Rename | Common |
| Reset | Common |
| Resize | Common |
| Search | Common |
| Select | Common |
| Set | Common |
| Show | Common |
| Skip | Common |
| Split | Common |
| Step | Common |
| Switch | Common |
| Undo | Common |
| Unlock | Common |
| Watch | Common |
| Connect | Communications |
| Disconnect | Communications |
| Read | Communications |
| Receive | Communications |
| Send | Communications |
| Write | Communications |
| Backup | Data |
| Checkpoint | Data |
| Compare | Data |
| Compress | Data |
| Convert | Data |
| ConvertFrom | Data |
| ConvertTo | Data |
| Dismount | Data |
| Edit | Data |
| Expand | Data |
| Export | Data |
| Group | Data |
| Import | Data |
| Initialize | Data |
| Limit | Data |
| Merge | Data |
| Mount | Data |
| Out | Data |
| Publish | Data |
| Restore | Data |
| Save | Data |
| Sync | Data |
| Unpublish | Data |
| Update | Data |
| Debug | Diagnostic |
| Measure | Diagnostic |
| Ping | Diagnostic |
| Repair | Diagnostic |
| Resolve | Diagnostic |
| Test | Diagnostic |
| Trace | Diagnostic |
| Approve | Lifecycle |
| Assert | Lifecycle |
| Complete | Lifecycle |
| Confirm | Lifecycle |
| Deny | Lifecycle |
| Disable | Lifecycle |
| Enable | Lifecycle |
| Install | Lifecycle |
| Invoke | Lifecycle |
| Register | Lifecycle |
| Request | Lifecycle |
| Restart | Lifecycle |
| Resume | Lifecycle |
| Start | Lifecycle |
| Stop | Lifecycle |
| Submit | Lifecycle |
| Suspend | Lifecycle |
| Uninstall | Lifecycle |
| Unregister | Lifecycle |
| Wait | Lifecycle |
| Use | Other |
| Block | Security |
| Grant | Security |
| Protect | Security |
| Revoke | Security |
| Unblock | Security |
| Unprotect | Security |