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The Collaborative International Dictionary
diagnosing

diagnosing \diagnosing\ n. the act or process of identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon.

Syn: diagnosis.

Wiktionary
diagnosing

vb. (present participle of diagnose English)

WordNet
diagnosing

n. identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon [syn: diagnosis]

Usage examples of "diagnosing".

The family, disturbed, but knowing what was happening, sent for an old shaman named Peqanaoq, who, on diagnosing the case, placed the youngster on a sledge just large enough for him to sit on, and in the depth of winter — the absolutely dark and freezing Arctic winter night — dragged him far out onto a lonely Arctic waste and built for him there a tiny snow hut with barely room for him to sit cross-legged.

He went forth into the world in the character of a doctor diagnosing an illness, to prescribe for his patient a cure.