diagnose

Verb

Verb Forms: diagnosed, diagnosing, diagnoses

To identify the nature of a problem or illness.
determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis
subject to a medical analysis
To determine which disease is causing a sick person's signs and symptoms; to find the diagnosis.
To determine the cause of a problem.

Examples

I tried to DIAGNOSE why my opponent kept making such terrible plays.

Origin / Etymology

Back-formation from diagnosis. Compare also sclerose (verb).

Synonyms

name

Scrabble Score: 10

diagnose: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
diagnose: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
diagnose: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

diagnose: valid Words With Friends Word