diagnose
verb (used with object)
to determine the identity of (a disease, illness, etc.) by a medical examination.
have diagnosed
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present perfectof diagnose.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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A later generation of sociologists might have diagnosed Göring’s martial flamboyance as a form of “homeovestism”—that is, exaggerated and often impractical gender-normative dress or behavior intended to signal elite social status.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
Dr Singh said that if Dylan had been referred to a surgeon that night, a surgeon would have diagnosed appendicitis and kept him in hospital.
From BBC ● May 23, 2024
About 238,000 children, adolescents and young adults under age 20 are estimated to have diagnosed diabetes, according to the American Diabetes Association.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 13, 2024
“I have diagnosed tourettes. I’ve never mentioned it on the internet because nobody thinks I’m deadass,” the “Ocean Eyes” singer wrote in an Instagram story.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2022
I wish I could agree that what we have diagnosed as a malady is only an early stage of something that is ultimately to develop into matured judgment.
From A Librarian's Open Shelf by Arthur E. Bostwick
