Academic English & Research vocabulary · Academic Vocabulary
Identify
Meaning in academic english & research, with examples
/aɪˈdentɪfaɪ/verbCore term
In academic english & research, identify means: To find, recognize or name something, such as a pattern, cause, problem or group, after looking at evidence carefully.
In Turkish: belirlemek, saptamak, tespit etmek
How it is used
Very frequent in aims, results and literature reviews: researchers identify gaps, themes, risk factors and key variables. The noun is identification. Passive forms are common: 'Three themes were identified.'
Example sentences
The analysis identified three main barriers to online learning.
We aimed to identify factors that predict student dropout.
Common collocations
identify a gap
identify factors
identify themes
clearly identified
Related terms
research gapA question, group, context or problem that existing studies have not yet addressed well, which a new study aims to fill.
factorOne of the things that influences a situation or result, such as income, motivation or class size.
thematic analysisA qualitative method for finding, organizing and interpreting patterns of meaning, called themes, across interviews, texts or other data.
investigateTo study a question, problem or situation carefully and systematically in order to discover facts or explain how something works.
