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to diagnose
01
to find out the cause of a problem or disease that a person has by examining the symptoms
Transitive: to diagnose the cause of a problem
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
action verb
regular
present tense
diagnose
3rd person singular
diagnoses
present participle
diagnosing
past simple
diagnosed
past participle
diagnosed
Examples
Doctors use various tests to diagnose medical conditions accurately.
02
to identify a medical condition or sickness in a person or an animal
Transitive: to diagnose sb with a disease
Examples
The doctor was able to diagnose the patient with a severe respiratory infection.
03
to find out the cause of a problem or issue by carefully examining the situation or system
Examples
He diagnosed the issue after running several tests.
Lexical Tree
diagnosable
diagnosing
diagnose
