"diagnose" meaning in English

See diagnose in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈdʌɪ.əɡˌnəʊz/ [UK], /ˌdʌɪ.əɡˈnəʊz/ [UK], /ˈdaɪ.əɡˌnoʊs/ [US], /ˌdaɪ.əɡˈnoʊs/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-diagnose.wav Forms: diagnoses [present, singular, third-person], diagnosing [participle, present], diagnosed [participle, past], diagnosed [past]
Rhymes: -əʊs Etymology: Back-formation from diagnosis. Compare also sclerose (verb). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ǵneh₃-}}, {{back-form|en|diagnosis}} Back-formation from diagnosis Head templates: {{en-verb}} diagnose (third-person singular simple present diagnoses, present participle diagnosing, simple past and past participle diagnosed)
  1. (transitive, medicine) To determine which disease is causing a sick person's signs and symptoms; to find the diagnosis. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Medicine
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  2. (by extension) To determine the cause of a problem. Tags: broadly Translations (determine the root cause of): διαγιγνώσκω (diagignṓskō) (Ancient Greek), شَخَّصَ (šaḵḵaṣa) (Arabic), ախտորոշել (axtorošel) (Armenian), diagnosticar (Asturian), дыягнастава́ць (dyjahnastavácʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Belarusian), диагностицирам (diagnosticiram) (Bulgarian), diagnosticar (Catalan), 診斷 /诊断 (zhěnduàn) (Chinese Mandarin), diagnosa (Cornish), diagnostikovat (Czech), diagnosticere (Danish), diagnosticeren (Dutch), diagnozi (Esperanto), diagnosoida (Finnish), diagnostiquer (French), diagnosticar (Galician), diagnostizieren (German), διαγιγνώσκω (diagignósko) (Greek), אבחן (ivkhén) (Hebrew), diagnosztizál (Hungarian), diagnosticare (Italian), 診断する (shindan suru) (alt: しんだんする) (Japanese), диагностикалау (diagnostikalau) (Kazakh), диагноз қою (diagnoz qoü) (Kazakh), анықтау (anyqtau) (Kazakh), រោគវិនិច្ឆ័យ (rookvinicchay) (Khmer), diagnosticēt (Latvian), diagnostizéieren (Luxembourgish), tautuhi (english: mate) (Maori), tautohu (english: mate) (Maori), оношлох (onošlox) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), dgiag'noser (Norman), diagnozować (Polish), diagnosticar (Portuguese), diagnostica (Romanian), диагности́ровать (diagnostírovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), diagnosticar (Spanish), diagnostisera (Swedish), วินิจฉัย (wí-nít-chǎi) (Thai), діагностува́ти (diahnostuváty) [imperfective, perfective] (Ukrainian), chẩn đoán (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-diagnose-en-verb-sb~r7PNQ Disambiguation of 'determine the root cause of': 14 86
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1962 October, M. J. Wilson, “Three years of dieselisation at Devons Road depot”, in Modern Railways, pages 262, 264:",
          "text": "But in the early days of the scheme the new machines created some problems for the fitters, who found them over-complex and their faults hard to diagnose after many years' experience of small, simple steam locomotives.",
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      "sense": "determine the root cause of",
      "word": "شَخَّصَ"
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      "sense": "determine the root cause of",
      "word": "ախտորոշել"
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      "sense": "determine the root cause of",
      "word": "diagnosticar"
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      "roman": "dyjahnastavácʹ",
      "sense": "determine the root cause of",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "дыягнастава́ць"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "diagnosticiram",
      "sense": "determine the root cause of",
      "word": "диагностицирам"
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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "determine the root cause of",
      "word": "diagnosticar"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "zhěnduàn",
      "sense": "determine the root cause of",
      "word": "診斷 /诊断"
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      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "determine the root cause of",
      "word": "diagnosa"
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      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "determine the root cause of",
      "word": "diagnostikovat"
    },
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "determine the root cause of",
      "word": "diagnosticere"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "determine the root cause of",
      "word": "diagnosticeren"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "determine the root cause of",
      "word": "diagnozi"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "determine the root cause of",
      "word": "diagnosoida"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "determine the root cause of",
      "word": "diagnostiquer"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "determine the root cause of",
      "word": "diagnosticar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "determine the root cause of",
      "word": "diagnostizieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diagignósko",
      "sense": "determine the root cause of",
      "word": "διαγιγνώσκω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "diagignṓskō",
      "sense": "determine the root cause of",
      "word": "διαγιγνώσκω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ivkhén",
      "sense": "determine the root cause of",
      "word": "אבחן"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "determine the root cause of",
      "word": "diagnosztizál"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "determine the root cause of",
      "word": "diagnosticare"
    },
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      "alt": "しんだんする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shindan suru",
      "sense": "determine the root cause of",
      "word": "診断する"
    },
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      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "diagnostikalau",
      "sense": "determine the root cause of",
      "word": "диагностикалау"
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      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "diagnoz qoü",
      "sense": "determine the root cause of",
      "word": "диагноз қою"
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      "sense": "determine the root cause of",
      "word": "анықтау"
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      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "rookvinicchay",
      "sense": "determine the root cause of",
      "word": "រោគវិនិច្ឆ័យ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "determine the root cause of",
      "word": "diagnosticēt"
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      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "determine the root cause of",
      "word": "diagnostizéieren"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "english": "mate",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "determine the root cause of",
      "word": "tautuhi"
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      "code": "mi",
      "english": "mate",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "determine the root cause of",
      "word": "tautohu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "onošlox",
      "sense": "determine the root cause of",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "оношлох"
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      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "determine the root cause of",
      "word": "dgiag'noser"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "determine the root cause of",
      "word": "diagnozować"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "determine the root cause of",
      "word": "diagnosticar"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "determine the root cause of",
      "word": "diagnostica"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "diagnostírovatʹ",
      "sense": "determine the root cause of",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "диагности́ровать"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "determine the root cause of",
      "word": "diagnosticar"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "determine the root cause of",
      "word": "diagnostisera"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "wí-nít-chǎi",
      "sense": "determine the root cause of",
      "word": "วินิจฉัย"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "diahnostuváty",
      "sense": "determine the root cause of",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "діагностува́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "determine the root cause of",
      "word": "chẩn đoán"
    }
  ],
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}

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