Definition of "diagnose" []

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

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• "In view of the fact that you are clearly not qualified to so diagnose, is it ethical for you to pretend otherwise?"
• "You know, this particular laboratory is very good at being able to diagnose, which is very critical, obviously."
• "I'll try this one, silly me, but past builds have caused all sorts of problems, most recently some "interesting" tempo variations that it took days to diagnose, that is when i had sound at all ..."