Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

diagnose

[dahy-uhg-nohs, -nohz, dahy-uhg-nohs, -nohz] / ˈdaɪ əgˌnoʊs, -ˌnoʊz, ˌdaɪ əgˈnoʊs, -ˈnoʊz /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

And it left me with a question: Why is our mental-health system so quick to diagnose and so slow to examine the full context of a person’s suffering?

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

And he’ll undergo imaging to diagnose the injury.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

Even if I were a doctor, I wouldn’t be able to diagnose him via random clips on the internet.

From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2026

AI models are helping diagnose cancer at earlier stages and develop cures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

Once scientists knew how many chromosomes people were supposed to have, they could tell when a person had too many or too few, which made it possible to diagnose genetic diseases.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

The proposed solutions are as divergent as the diagnoses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Helen said awareness of young onset dementia had grown since the 90s - but diagnoses still took too long.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Participants were followed for as long as three decades, allowing the team to investigate whether these infections were associated with later neurodevelopmental diagnoses and educational outcomes.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

Patients will order these cheaper, unproven products via an 800-number or the internet, skipping appointments with real doctors who can provide accurate diagnoses and proven treatments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

He still spent most of his time in Haiti, but as an attending specialist on the Brigham’s senior staff, he was sought after frequently for his diagnoses of ID—infectious diseases.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

Using these criteria, the team examined how common hypertension was, how often people had already been diagnosed, how many were receiving treatment, and whether treatment was successfully bringing blood pressure under control.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

While Linton has not been diagnosed with an underlying seizure disorder, such as epilepsy, defense attorney Jovan Blacknell said Linton suffered intermittent seizures during her life, including at the time of the wreck.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Aged 25, Armstrong had been diagnosed with testicular cancer, with doctors warning he was likely to die given the disease had spread to other parts of his body.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

She suffered repeated seizures, was diagnosed with a potentially fatal blood clot, and experienced wild swings in blood pressure.

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026

The doctor diagnosed various problems, some lethal, all apparently debilitating, and left me taking various medications and endless rituals of check-ins and checkouts and tests and retests....

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen

Healthcare professionals “are often undertrained and ill-equipped in diagnosing elder abuse.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

Modern therapies can help many patients achieve remission, but diagnosing and managing IBD remains challenging.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

Alex has reported on the business and science of healthcare, including the rise of GLP-1 drugs, experimental medicines and new approaches to diagnosing and treating disease.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

I’m also a physician, trained in a profession that asks us to take action by identifying risk factors, diagnosing diseases, and intervening whenever possible.

From Slate ● Aug. 29, 2026

He had been diagnosing and treating the illness since he’d first set foot in Haiti.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French




Vocabulary lists containing diagnose


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training