Essential Verbs - O
The 34 essential verbs that start with O, 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.
obey
/əˈbeɪ/කීකරු වෙනවා, නියෝග පිළිපදිනවා
- obey (someone/something)
- She obeys her parents' rules.
object
/əbˈdʒekt/විරෝධය පල කරනවා
- object (to something)
- I object to eating spicy food.
- object doing something
- I object studying at night.
- object someone doing something
- I object your eating in the library.
oblige
/əˈblaɪdʒ/(කළ උදවුවකට) ණයගැති වෙනවා
- oblige someone to do something [P.V.]
- The teacher obliged the students to complete their homework by tomorrow.
observe
/əbˈzɜːv/නිරීක්ෂණය කරනවා, විශේෂ අවධානයට යොමු කරනවා, දකිනවා
- observe someone/something (do something/doing something)
- She observed her students writing in their notebooks during the class.
- observe that...
- I observe that the apple is red.
obstruct
/əbˈstrʌkt/අවහිර කරනවා, බාධා කරනවා
- obstruct something
- The fallen tree obstructed the road.
obtain
/əbˈteɪn/ලබාගන්නවා, අත් කරගන්නවා
- obtain something
- She obtained the job she always wanted.
occupy
/əbˈstrʌkt/ඉඩක්/ප්‍රදේශයක්/ කාලයක් භාවිතා කරනවා, (වැඩක) නිරත වෙනවා
- occupy something
- The soldiers will occupy the town until reinforcements arrive.
- occupy someone/something (with someone/something)
- The toddler occupied the room with his toys.
- occupy someone/something (in doing something)
- The book occupied my attention during the entire lecture.
occur
/əˈkɜː(r)/සිදුවෙනවා, මතකයට එනවා
- occur adv./prep.
- It occurred suddenly during the night.
- occur to someone that
- It occurred to me that I left my keys at home.
offend
/əˈfend/වරදක් කරනවා, හිත රිද්දනවා
- offend someone/something
- She was offended by his rude comments.
offer
/ˈɒfə(r)/පිළිගන්වනවා
- offer someone something
- I will offer you a drink.
- offer something (to someone)
- She offered her seat to the elderly lady on the bus.
open
/ˈəʊpən/විවෘත කරනවා, ආරම්භ කරනවා
- open something
- I open the door.
operate
/ˈɒpəreɪt/ක්‍රියා කරනවා, ක්‍රියා කරවනවා, සැත්කමක් කරනවා
- operate something
- He operates the machinery with precision.
- operate (on someone) (for something)
- The surgeon will operate on the patient for appendicitis tomorrow.
oppose
/əˈpəʊz/විරුද්ධ වෙනවා, විරෝධය පානවා, එරෙහිව සිටිනවා
- oppose (someone/something) (doing something)
- She opposes me wearing short skirts to school.
order
/ˈɔːdə(r)/නියෝග කරනවා, ඇණවුම් කරනවා
- order someone to do something
- I will order the students to complete their homework before the end of class.
- order that...
- I always order that my students arrive on time for class.
- order someone something
- I will order my son a pizza for dinner.
- order something (for someone)
- She ordered a pizza for her sister.
organize
/ˈɔːɡənaɪz/සංවිධානය කරනවා, පිළියෙළ කරනවා
- organize something
- I will organize the classroom for the school concert.
outline
/ˈaʊtlaɪn/අදාළ කරුණු සැකිල්ලක් සේ දක්වනවා
- outline something (to someone)
- I will outline the steps of the experiment to my students before we begin.
- outline wh-
- I will outline what the essay needs to cover.
outlive
/ˌaʊtˈlɪv/යම් කෙනෙකුට වඩා කල් ජීවත් වෙනවා, යම් දෙයකට වඩා කල් පවතිනවා
- outlive someone
- My grandmother has outlived all of her siblings.
- outlive something
- The old oak tree will outlive the new saplings planted around it.
outsmart
/ˌaʊtˈsmɑːt/යම් කෙනෙකුට වඩා උපායශීලී වෙනවා
- outsmart someone
- He managed to outsmart his opponent and win the game.
outwit
/ˌaʊtˈwɪt/යම් කෙනෙකුට වඩා උපායශීලී වී ඔහුව පරදනවා
- outwit someone
- He was able to outwit his opponents in the debate.
overcome*
/ˌəʊvəˈkʌm/මැඩපවත්වමින්/යටපත් කරමින් සාර්ථක වෙනවා
- overcome someone/something
- After months of practice, the team finally overcame their rivals and won the championship.
overdose
/ˈəʊvədəʊs/(බෙහෙතක් වැනි යමක්) නියමිත මාත්‍රාවට වඩා ගන්නවා
- overdose (on something)
- He accidentally overdosed on his medication and had to be rushed to the hospital.
overestimate
/ˌəʊvərˈestɪmeɪt/අධිතක්සේරු කරනවා
- overestimate someone/something
- She tends to overestimate her abilities in math.
overflow
/ˌəʊvəˈfləʊ/පිරී ඉතිරී යනවා
- overflow (with something)
- The tank overflowed with water due to heavy rain.
overhear*
/ˌəʊvəˈhɪə(r)/වෙන කෙනෙකුට තව කෙනෙක් කියන දෙයක් අහම්බෙන් ඇහෙනවා
- overhear someone/something (doing something)
- I overheard my neighbor singing in the shower this morning.
- overhear someone/something (do something)
- He often overhears his neighbors arguing loudly next door.
overheat
/ˌəʊvəˈhiːt/අධික ලෙස රත් වෙනවා/කරනවා
- overheat (something)
- The engine of my car always seems to overheat whenever I drive it for too long.
overlap
/ˌəʊvəˈlæp/එකක් උඩ එකක් වැටෙනවා
- overlap (something)
- The two images overlap in the middle.
overpower
/ˌəʊvəˈpaʊə(r)/දමනය කරනවා
- overpower someone
- The strong boxer was able to overpower his opponent in the first round.
overrate
/ˌəʊvəˈreɪt/වැඩි තක්සේරු කරනවා
- overrate someone/something
- I think people often overrate their own abilities when they haven't fully tested them.
overrule
/ˌəʊvəˈruːl/නිෂ්ප්‍රභා කරනවා
- overrule someone/something
- The judge overrules objections from the defense attorney.
overstep
/ˌəʊvəˈstep/සීමාව ඉක්මවා යනවා, උල්ලංඝණය කරනවා
- overstep something
- He overstepped his authority by making decisions without consulting his team.
overtake
/ˌəʊvəˈteɪk/පසුකර යනවා, ප්‍රමාණයෙන්/වැදගත්කමින් ඉක්මවා යනවා
- overtake (someone/something)
- The racecar overtook the slower car on the final lap to win the race.
overwhelm
/ˌəʊvəˈwelm/මැඩ පවත්වනවා
- overwhelm someone/something
- The news of his sudden death overwhelmed his family and friends.
owe
/əʊ/කෙනෙකුට යමක් ගෙවීමට/කර දෙන්නට බැඳී සිටිනවා
- owe someone something (for something)
- The businessman owes me $100 for the services I provided.
- owe something (to someone) (for something)
- She owes me $20 for the coffee I bought her yesterday.
own
/əʊn/අයිතියි, (සත්‍ය යැයි) පිළිගන්නවා
- own something
- She owns a beautiful house in the countryside.
- own to something
- He owns to having a fear of heights.
- own to doing something
- She owns to always doing her homework on time.
- own that...
- I own that house on the corner.
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