diagnose

Diagnose is defined as to identify a problem or disease by considering the symptoms or performing an exam.

(verb)

An example of diagnose is when you go to a doctor because you have a sore throat and your doctor takes a throat culture and says that you have strep throat.
An example of diagnose is to analyze why the fee revenue is down from the amount forecasted in the city budget.

See diagnose in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb, intransitive verb diagnosed, diagnosing

to make a diagnosis of (a disease, a problem, etc.)
to identify a disease, condition, etc. in (a patient): they diagnosed him as having mumps

Origin: back-form. < diagnosis

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See diagnose in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb di·ag·nosed, di·ag·nos·ing, di·ag·nos·es

verb, transitive

To distinguish or identify (a disease, for example) by diagnosis.
To identify (a person) as having a particular disease or condition by means of a diagnosis.
To analyze the nature or cause of: diagnose the reasons for an economic downturn.

verb, intransitive

To make a diagnosis.

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Origin: Back-formation from diagnosis

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