Collocations for identify - verb

accurately, correctly, rightly
The new test will enable us to identify more accurately patients who are most at risk.
Did you identify all the pictures correctly?

falsely, incorrectly, mistakenly, wrongly
positively
clearly, unambiguously, unequivocally, uniquely
We have not yet clearly identified the source of the pollution.
a serial number that uniquely identifies the disk

formally
Someone has to formally identify the body.

easily, readily
I could identify him easily if I saw him again.

quickly, rapidly
Business trends are rapidly identified by this system.

tentatively
All three structures dated to the third century and were tentatively identified as shrines.

reliably
properly
successfully
Jaime successfully identified all 45 different species.

automatically
a computer program to automatically identify any query ending with a question mark

explicitly, specifically
The pressbook did not specifically identify the film's setting.

publicly
Ms. Wilson was publicly identified as a CIA operative.

initially, originally
visually
The surgeon visually identifies and cuts out the cancerous tissue.

be able to, be unable to, can, manage to
tests that can identify people at risk of cancer

be easy to, be possible to
be difficult to, struggle to
be necessary to, need to
attempt to, endeavour/endeavor to, seek to, strive to, try to
hope to
The researchers hope to identify ways to improve the treatment.

learn to
Participants learn to identify different species by their calls.

allow sb to, be used to, enable sb to, help to, serve to
decline to, refuse to
The newspaper declined to identify the source of the allegations.

fail to
Most students failed to identify the quotation.

efforts to identify sb/sth
He has stepped up efforts to identify and acquire other small companies.

a means of identifying sb/sth, a way of identifying sb/sth, a way to identify sb/sth
one means of identifying the disease in its early stages

closely, completely, fully, strongly
She identified strongly with the main character in the play.

readily

can
I can't identify with men like him.

Identify is used with these nouns as the subject:
report, research, researcher, scientist, study, survey, witness

Identify is used with these nouns as the object:
area, barrier, category, cause, characteristic, compound, culprit, danger, defect, deficiency, disability, error, extent, factor, failing, fault, flaw, gap, gene, killer, limitation, link, location, murderer, need, niche, objective, pattern, priority, problem, remains, requirement, risk, role, saving, shortcoming, site, source, strain, strength, suspect, symptom, target, theme, trait, trend, type, victim, virus, vulnerability, way, weakness