Collocations for recognize - verb

immediately, instantly
I immediately recognized the building.

correctly, well
She recognized the song correctly.

easily
This is the only species of flamingo in the region, easily recognized by its pink plumage.

barely, hardly
Stella hardly recognized her brother.

vaguely
I vaguely recognized his voice, but couldn't think of his name.

learn to
You learn to recognize the calls of different birds.

be easy to

as
He recognized the man as one of the police officers.

by
I recognized her by her red hair.

from
I recognized them from a television show.

clearly, fully
They fully recognize the need to proceed carefully.

belatedly, finally
The government has belatedly recognized the danger to health of passive smoking.

readily
He readily recognizes the influence of Freud on his thinking.

rightly
The 1970s are rightly recognized as a golden era of Hollywood film-making.

must, need to
begin to
be slow to
The company had been slow to recognize the opportunities available to it.

fail to

as
This issue must be recognized as a priority for the next administration.

be commonly recognized, be generally recognized, be universally recognized, be widely recognized
be increasingly recognized
The strength of this argument is being increasingly recognized.

failure to recognize sth
it is important to recognize sth
It's important to recognize that obesity isn't necessarily caused by overeating.

clearly
The law clearly recognizes that a company is separate from those who invest in it.

federally (AmE), formally, legally, officially
globally, internationally, nationally
The estuary is recognized internationally as an important area for wildlife.

publicly
The company should publicly recognize its mistake.

explicitly, implicitly
The court explicitly recognized the group's right to exist.
Criminal law implicitly recognizes a difference between animals and property.

currently
Do any US states currently recognize gay marriage?

agree to
refuse to

as
All rivers should be officially recognized as public rights of way.

be legally recognized
A bill of exchange is a legally recognized document.

a refusal to recognize sth

Recognize is used with these nouns as the subject:
law, treaty

Recognize is used with these nouns as the object:
ability, accomplishment, achievement, authority, benefit, breed, category, complexity, contribution, danger, debt, difference, distinction, enormity, error, excellence, existence, extent, fact, failing, folly, futility, handwriting, impact, importance, inadequacy, independence, inevitability, influence, landmark, limit, limitation, link, marriage, merit, mistake, nature, necessity, need, pattern, plight, possibility, potential, problem, reality, republic, responsibility, right, role, seriousness, shortcoming, sign, signature, significance, similarity, sovereignty, status, symptom, syndrome, talent, trait, type, union, validity, value, voice, weakness, worth, writing, wrong