Essential Verbs - E
The 107 essential verbs that start with E, each with its pronunciation, Sinhala meaning, patterns and an example for every pattern.
Each verb shows its pronunciation, its Sinhala meaning, and an example for each pattern. To scan every verb in one table, open the full list.
A verb marked * is irregular: its past forms are in Irregular Verbs.
earn
/ɜːn/උපයනවා, උත්සාහයෙන් ලබාගන්නවා
- earn something
- She earns $500 a week.
- earn someone something
- The student's hard work and dedication earned her parents' pride.
eat*
/iːt/කනවා
- eat something
- I eat breakfast every morning.
edit
/ˈedɪt/සංස්කරණය කරනවා
- edit something
- I will edit the video for the school project tonight.
educate
/ˈedʒukeɪt/අධ්‍යාපනය දෙනවා, උපදෙස් දෙනවා
- educate someone (in/on something)
- I will educate my students in the basics of grammar and punctuation.
eject
/iˈdʒekt/බලෙන් ඉවත් කරනවා
- eject someone/something (from something)
- The teacher ejected the disruptive student from the classroom.
elaborate
/ɪˈlæbəreɪt/විස්තර වශයෙන් පැහැදිලි කරනවා
- elaborate (something)
- Please elaborate your answer for the essay question.
- elaborate on/upon something
- John asked me to elaborate on the new project plan during the meeting.
elect
/ɪˈlekt/තෝරා පත් කරගන්නවා
- elect someone/something
- The people of our town will elect a new mayor tomorrow.
- elect someone to something
- He was elected to be the president of the club.
- elect someone as someone
- The committee elected her as the new president.
elevate
/ˈelɪveɪt/ඉහලට උස්සනවා
- elevate someone/something (to something)
- I will elevate you to captain if you keep working hard and showing leadership skills.
eliminate
/ɪˈlɪmɪneɪt/ඉවත් කරනවා
- eliminate someone/something (from something)
- We need to eliminate plastic bags from our environment.
ඊමේල් කරනවා
- email something (to someone)
- I will email my report to my boss.
- email someone something
- I will email my boss the project report.
embalm
/ɪmˈbɑːm/මළ සිරුරු එම්බාම් කරනවා
- embalm something
- The body of the deceased was embalmed before the funeral.
embark
/ɪmˈbɑːk/නැව් නගිනවා, නැවකට පටවා යවනවා
- embark (someone/something)
- I will embark my students on a journey of learning English through interactive activities.
embarrass
/ɪmˈbærəs/ලැජ්ජාවට/අපහසුතාවයට පත් කරනවා
- embarrass someone
- The prank call embarrassed her.
embed
/ɪmˈbed/කාවද්දනවා
- embed something (in something)
- He embedded the diamond in the ring.
emboss
/ɪmˈbɒs/මතු වී සිටින සේ කැටයම් කරනවා
- emboss B on A
- The teacher embossed the student's name on the certificate.
- emboss A with B
- I will emboss this certificate with your name to make it special.
embrace
/ɪmˈbreɪs/වැළඳ ගන්නවා
- embrace someone/something
- I will embrace my grandmother when she arrives.
emerge
/iˈmɜːdʒ/මතු වෙනවා, එළියට එනවා
- emerge as something
- The caterpillar will eventually emerge as a beautiful butterfly.
- emerge from something
- The butterfly emerged from its cocoon.
- emerge into something
- The butterfly emerges into the beautiful world after its long cocoon stage.
emigrate
/ˈemɪɡreɪt/පිටිරට පදිංචියට යනවා, සක්‍රමණය වෙනවා
- emigrate (from …) (to …)
- He emigrated from Sri Lanka to Canada for better job opportunities.
emit
/iˈmɪt/විමෝචනය කරනවා, ආලෝකය/තාපය වැනි යමක් නිකුත් කරනවා
- emit something
- The old factory emits harmful gases into the atmosphere.
empathize
/ˈempəθaɪz/සංවේදනාත්මකව සලකනවා
- empathize (with someone/something)
- I empathize with your struggle to learn English as a second language.
emphasize
/ˈemfəsaɪz/අවධාරණය කරනවා, විශේෂ/වැදගත් කොට පෙන්වනවා
- emphasize something
- I always emphasize the importance of grammar to my students.
- emphasize that...
- I want to emphasize that studying regularly is essential for academic success.
employ
/ɪmˈplɔɪ/වැඩක යොදවනවා, රැකියාවක් දෙනවා
- employ someone/something
- I will employ a new teaching method in my next class.
empty
/ˈempti/හිස් කරනවා, හිස් වෙනවා
- empty something
- I emptied the trash can yesterday.
enable
/ɪˈneɪbl/හැකියාව ලබාදෙනවා
- enable someone/something (to do something)
- The new computer software will enable students to complete their assignments more efficiently.
encounter
/ɪnˈkaʊntə(r)/අහම්බෙන් මුහුණ පාන්නට සිදුවෙනවා
- encounter someone/something
- I encounter my friend at the store every week.
encourage
/ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒ/ධෛර්යමත් කරනවා, අනුබල දෙනවා
- encourage someone to do something
- I encouraged my students to study harder for their exams.
end
/end/අවසාන කරනවා
- end something
- He ended the game.
endanger
/ɪnˈdeɪndʒə(r)/අනතුරේ දමනවා
- endanger someone/something
- Polluting the river can endanger the lives of the fish living in it.
endorse
/ɪnˈdɔːs/අනුමැතිය පළ කරනවා
- endorse something
- I endorse this candidate for president.
endure
/ɪnˈdjʊə(r)/විඳ දරා ගන්නවා
- endure something
- He endured the long and difficult journey to reach the top of the mountain.
- endure doing something
- I can't endure staying up late every night to finish my homework.
energize
/ˈenədʒaɪz/ශක්තිය ලබා දෙනවා
- energize someone/something
- She energized her body by taking a walk in the morning.
enforce
/ɪnˈfɔːs/(නීතියක්) ක්‍රියාත්මක කරනවා. බල කර සිටිනවා
- enforce something (on/against someone/something)
- The government will enforce new traffic laws on all drivers starting next week.
engage
/ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ/යමකට ඈඳාගන්නවා/බැඳගන්නවා, වැඩක යෙදෙනවා
- engage something
- The students were eager to engage the new material in class.
- engage someone/something to do something
- I engaged a plumber to fix my leaking faucet.
- engage with someone
- I engage with my students by asking them questions and listening to their responses.
engineer
/ˌendʒɪˈnɪə(r)/ශිල්පීයව යමක් හදනවා
- engineer something
- I will engineer a new bridge for the city's infrastructure.
engrave
/ɪnˈɡreɪv/කැටයම් කොටනවා
- engrave B on A
- She engraved her initials on the back of the pendant.
- engrave A with B
- I will engrave your name with a heart on this bracelet.
enhance
/ɪnˈhɑːns/වැඩි දියුණු කරනවා
- enhance something
- I use technology to enhance my students' learning experience.
enjoy
/ɪnˈdʒɔɪ/රස විඳිනවා, ප්‍රීති වෙනවා, ප්‍රයෝජන ලබනවා
- enjoy something
- I enjoy coffee in the morning.
- enjoy doing something
- I enjoy playing soccer on the weekends.
enlarge
/ɪnˈlɑːdʒ/විශාල කරනවා, විශාල වෙනවා
- enlarge (something)
- Can you enlarge the photo so everyone can see it?
enlighten
/ɪnˈlaɪtn/අවබෝධ කරදෙනවා
- enlighten someone
- I will enlighten my students on the importance of proper grammar in written communication.
enlist
/ɪnˈlɪst/උදව්වට/ආධාරයට බඳවා ගන්නවා
- enlist someone (in something)
- She enlisted her brother in the school's volunteer program.
enquire
/ɪnˈkwaɪə(r)/පුදගලයෙක්ගෙන් යමක් විමසනවා
- enquire something
- I enquired the price of the new book.
- enquire about someone/something
- I have to enquire about your recent absence from school.
- enquire wh-
- Enquire what the dress code is for the event.
enrage
/ɪnˈreɪdʒ/කෙනෙක්ව කුපිත කරනවා
- enrage someone
- He enraging his colleagues with his constant criticism.
enrich
/ɪnˈrɪtʃ/සාරවත් කරනවා, පොහොසත් කරනවා
- enrich someone/something (with something)
- The new science curriculum aims to enrich students with practical experiments and hands-on learning experiences.
enroll
/ɪnˈrəʊl/(පාඨමාලාවකට/පාසලකට) ලියාපදිංචි කරනවා/වෙනවා
- enroll (something)
- I enrolled in a photography class last month.
enslave
/ɪnˈsleɪv/වහල්භාවයට ගන්නවා
- enslave someone/something
- The cruel king wanted to enslave the neighboring kingdom and make all its citizens his servants.
ensure
/ɪnˈʃʊə(r)/සහතික කරනවා, සහතික වෙනවා
- ensure someone/something
- I ensure my students understand the concept before moving on to the next lesson.
- ensure that...
- I ensure that all my students understand the lesson before moving on to the next one.
entangle
/ɪnˈtæŋɡl/උගුලක/කරදරේක පටලවනවා
- entangle someone/something (in/with something)
- I had to entangle the rope with the branches to create a strong bridge over the river.
enter
/ˈentə(r)/ඇතුල්වෙනවා, ඇතුලත්වෙනවා, ඇතුලත් කරනවා
- enter something
- She enters the room and greets everyone.
- enter someone (in/for something)
- They entered me in the competition.
entertain
/ˌentəˈteɪn/විනෝද කරනවා, (ඉල්ලීමක්) සලකා බලනවා
- entertain someone
- Bill entertained his guests with magic tricks at the dinner party.
- entertain something
- She entertained the idea of studying abroad next year.
entrap
/ɪnˈtræp/උගුලකට හසු කර ගන්නවා
- entrap someone/something (into doing something)
- He tried to entrap me into stealing the money, but I refused.
entrust
/ɪnˈtrʌst/(වගකීමක්) බාරකරනවා
- entrust A (to B)
- I entrusted my car to my brother while I was on vacation.
envy
/ˈenvi/ඊර්ෂ්‍යා කරනවා
- envy someone/something
- I envy his intelligence.
equal
/ˈiːkwəl/සමාන වෙනවා
- equal something
- The price of the two products is equal.
equalise
/ˈiːkwəlaɪz/සමාන කරනවා
- equalise something
- The students must equalise their efforts in order to be successful.
equate
/iˈkweɪt/සමාන ලෙස සිතනවා
- equate something (with something)
- I equate hard work with success.
equip
/ɪˈkwɪp/(උපකරණයක්) සම්පාදනය කරනවා
- equip someone/something (with something)
- Sinhala Translation: මගේ සිද
eradicate
/ɪˈrædɪkeɪt/මුලින් උපුටා දමනවා
- eradicate something (from something)
- He promised to eradicate all forms of corruption from the government.
erase
/ɪˈreɪz/මකා දමනවා
- erase something (from something)
- I will erase the handwriting from the whiteboard before the next class.
erode
/ɪˈrəʊd/ඛාදනය වෙනවා, ක්‍රමයෙන් විනාශ වෙනවා
- erode (something) (away)
- The constant rain eroded the soil away from the riverbank.
escalate
/ˈeskəleɪt/ක්‍රමයෙන් වැඩි වෙනවා
- escalate (something) (into something)
- The situation escalated into a full-blown argument between the two coworkers.
escape
/ɪˈskeɪp/බේරෙනවා, පලායනවා
- escape (from someone/something)
- The prisoner managed to escape from the guards.
- escape something
- I let the chicken out of the coop, but it managed to escape.
escort
/ɪˈskɔːt/පරෙස්සමින් ඇරලනවා
- escort someone (adv./prep.)
- The soldiers escorted the prisoner through the crowded streets.
establish
/ɪˈstæblɪʃ/පිහිටුවනවා, ස්ථාපනය කරනවා, තහවුරු කරනවා
- establish something
- I want to establish a new reading routine for my students.
- establish someone/something (in something) (as something)
- She established herself as a renowned author in the literary community.
estimate
/ˈestɪmeɪt/තක්සේරු කරනවා
- estimate something (at something)
- I estimate the distance to the park at two miles.
eulogize
/ˈjuːlədʒaɪz/බොහොම ඉහළින් වර්ණනා කරනවා
- eulogize someone/something
- The students were asked to eulogize a famous historical figure for their class presentation.
evacuate
/ɪˈvækjueɪt/(මිනිසුන්ගෙන්) හිස් කරනවා
- evacuate something
- We will evacuate the building in case of a fire.
- evacuate someone (from …) (to …)
- The government has ordered us to evacuate all residents from the flooded area to the nearby shelter.
evade
/ɪˈveɪd/මගහරිනවා
- evade someone/something
- She tried to evade the paparazzi by sneaking out the back door.
evaluate
/ɪˈvæljueɪt/තත්වය ගණනය කරනවා
- evaluate something
- I need to evaluate your writing skills before assigning grades.
evaporate
/ɪˈvæpəreɪt/වාෂ්ප වෙනවා, වාෂ්ප කරනවා
- evaporate (something)
- The water will evaporate in the hot sun.
evict
/ɪˈvɪkt/(ගෙදරකින්/ඉඩමකින්) එළවනවා
- evict someone (from something)
- The landlord evicted the tenants from the apartment for not paying rent on time.
evoke
/ɪˈvəʊk/(හැඟීම්/මතක ආදිය) උපද්දනවා/අවුස්සනවා
- evoke something
- His music evokes a sense of nostalgia for the good old days.
evolve
/iˈvɒlv/පරිණාමය වෙනවා
- evolve (from something) (into something)
- Birds evolved from dinosaurs into the flying creatures we know today.
exaggerate
/ɪɡˈzædʒəreɪt/වැඩිකර පෙන්වනවා, අතිශයෝක්තියෙන් කියනවා
- exaggerate something
- He always exaggerates his accomplishments to make himself sound more impressive.
examine
/ɪɡˈzæmɪn/පරීක්ෂා කරනවා
- examine someone/something
- She examined the patient's throat for any signs of infection.
exasperate
/ɪɡˈzæspəreɪt/තරහ ගස්සනවා, අවුස්සනවා
- exasperate someone
- She was exasperated by her students constantly interrupting her during class.
excavate
/ˈekskəveɪt/කණිනවා
- excavate something
- We excavated artifacts at the archaeological site last week.
exceed
/ɪkˈsiːd/ඉක්මවා යනවා
- exceed something
- The amount of time you spend on homework should not exceed one hour.
excel
/ɪkˈsel/උත්කෘෂ්ට වෙනවා
- excel (in/at something)
- She excels in math, consistently earning top grades in the class.
except
/ɪkˈsept/බැහැර කරනවා
- except someone/something
- Everyone has arrived for the party except Sam.
exchange
/ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒ/හුවමාරු කරගන්නවා
- exchange something with someone
- I exchanged my pencil with my friend for a pen.
- exchange something for something
- I exchanged my old phone for a new one.
excite
/ɪkˈsaɪt/සිතිවිලි කළඹනවා
- excite someone
- I always excite my students by showing them new and interesting learning materials.
exclaim
/ɪkˈskleɪm/එක පාරටම හඬ නගා කියනවා
- exclaim (that)
- She exclaimed that she had found her lost wallet.
exclude
/ɪkˈskluːd/බැහැර කරනවා
- exclude someone/something (from something)
- I always exclude my sister from our group projects because she never does any work.
excuse
/ɪkˈskjuːz/සමාව දෙනවා, වගකීමෙන් නිදහස් කරනවා
- excuse someone/something (for something)
- I always try to excuse my students' tardiness for a good reason.
execute
/ˈeksɪkjuːt/මරණ දඬුවම දෙනවා, ක්‍රියාත්මක කරනවා
- execute someone (for something)
- The court will execute the criminal for his heinous crimes.
- execute something
- He executed the order flawlessly.
exemplify
/ɪɡˈzemplɪfaɪ/යමකට ආදර්ශයක්ව පවතිනවා, උදාහරණ දෙනවා
- exemplify something
- The painting exemplifies the artist's mastery of color blending techniques.
exercise
/ˈeksəsaɪz/ව්‍යායාම කරනවා, ව්‍යායාම කරවනවා, භාවිතයේ යොදවනවා
- exercise (something)
- I often exercise control over my eating habits.
exhale
/eksˈheɪl/ප්‍රාශ්වාස කරනවා
- exhale (something)
- The student exhaled the air slowly during the relaxation exercise.
exhasut
/ɪɡˈzɔːst/ගොඩක් මහන්සි කරනවා, හිස් කරනවා, ඉවර කරනවා
- exhasut someone
- She was completely exhausted after running the marathon yesterday.
- exhasut something
- The marathon runner was completely exhausted after finishing the race.
exhibit
/ɪɡˈzɪbɪt/ප්‍රදර්ශනය කරනවා
- exhibit (something) (at/in …)
- She will exhibit her paintings at the art gallery next week.
exhilarate
/ɪɡˈzɪləreɪt/මහත් සේ සතුට පත් කරනවා
- exhilarate someone
- The news of her promotion exhilarated the entire office.
exile
/ˈeksaɪl/පිටුවහල් කරනවා
- exile someone (from …)
- The dictator exiled his political opponents from the country.
exist
/ɪɡˈzɪst/පවතිනවා
- exist
- The flowers exist in the garden.
exit
/ˈeɡzɪt/පිටවෙනවා
- exit (adv./prep.)
- The students will exit through the main entrance.
- exit from something
- He exits from his car and walks towards the building.
- exit something
- She exited the building without saying goodbye.
expand
/ɪkˈspænd/ව්‍යාප්ත වෙනවා, ව්‍යාප්ත කරනවා
- expand (something)
- I expanded the yoga mat before starting my practice.
expect
/ɪkˈspekt/අපේක්ෂා කරනවා, බලාපොරොත්තු වෙනවා
- expect (something) (from/of someone/something)
- I expect good behavior from my students in class.
experience
/ɪkˈspɪəriəns/යමක් අත් දකිනවා
- experience something
- I experienced the thrill of skydiving last summer.
experiment
/ɪkˈsperɪmənt/අත්හදා බැලීම්/පරීක්ෂණ කරනවා
- experiment (on someone/something)
- She decided to experiment on the new plant to see which conditions it thrives in.
- experiment with something
- I like to experiment with different recipes when I cook.
expire
/ɪkˈspaɪə(r)/කල් ඉකුත් වෙනවා, අවලංගු වෙනවා
- expire
- The milk will expire tomorrow.
explain
/ɪkˈspleɪn/කරුණු පැහැදිලි කරදෙනවා
- explain (something) (to someone)
- I will explain the concept to you.
- explain that...
- Explain that the Earth rotates on its axis every 24 hours.
- explain wh-
- Explain why you were late for class.
explode
/ɪkˈspləʊd/පිපිරෙනවා, පුපුරවනවා
- explode (something)
- The firework exploded.
exploit
/ɪkˈsplɔɪt/සූරාකනවා, අසීමිතව/අසාධාරණ විදියට ප්‍රයෝජනයට ගන්නවා
- exploit something
- She exploited her knowledge of computer programming to secure a high-paying job.
- exploit someone
- I do not condone exploiting someone for personal gain, as it is selfish and unethical.
explore
/ɪkˈsplɔː(r)/ගවේෂණය කරනවා
- explore (something) (for something)
- Sheila decided to explore the forest for hidden treasures.
export
/ɪkˈspɔːt/අපනයනය කරනවා, පිටරට යවනවා
- export (something) (to someone)
- He exports pineapples to Japan.
expose
/ɪkˈspəʊz/අනාවරණය කරනවා
- expose someone/something (to someone/something)
- I will expose my students to different forms of literature in order to broaden their perspectives.
express
/ɪkˈspres/(සිතිවිල්ලක්/අදහසක්) ප්‍රකාශ කරනවා, මිරිකා යුෂ ගන්නවා
- express something (to someone)
- I express my gratitude to my parents for their support in my studies.
- express something (from something)
- I expressed my opinion from my personal experiences.
extend
/ɪkˈstend/දික් කරනවා
- extend something
- I extended my vacation by two days.
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