{
    "term": "diagnose",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "diagnose",
            "heSheIt": "diagnoses"
        },
        "pastSimple": "diagnosed",
        "pastParticiple": "diagnosed",
        "ingForm": "diagnosing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to say exactly what an illness or the cause of a problem is",
            "sensetop": "diagnose somethingdiagnose something as somethingdiagnose somebody with somethingdiagnose somebody/something (as) somethingdiagnose somebody + adj./noun",
            "labels": "(British English)(informal)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(British English)(British English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(British English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The test is used to diagnose a variety of diseases.",
                    "contextForm": "diagnose something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The illness was diagnosed as cancer.",
                    "contextForm": "diagnose something as something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has recently been diagnosed with angina.",
                    "contextForm": "diagnose somebody with something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I quickly diagnosed the problem as a faulty battery.",
                    "contextForm": "diagnose somebody/something (as) something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was diagnosed (as) a diabetic when he was 64."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was diagnosed (a) diabetic.",
                    "contextForm": "diagnose somebody + adj./noun"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her condition was wrongly diagnosed by the doctor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My cancer was first diagnosed last year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His illness was later diagnosed as stomach cancer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "newly diagnosed patients"
                },
                {
                    "text": "people with clinically diagnosed diabetes"
                },
                {
                    "text": "trying to diagnose faults in the computer program"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Healthcare"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["correctly", "incorrectly", "wrongly"],
                "preposition": ["with"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdaɪəɡnəʊz//ˌdaɪəɡˈnəʊz/",
                "audio": "di/diagnose/diagnose__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdaɪəɡnəʊzɪz//ˌdaɪəɡˈnəʊzɪz/",
                "audio": "di/diagnose/diagnoses__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdaɪəɡnəʊzd//ˌdaɪəɡˈnəʊzd/",
                "audio": "di/diagnose/diagnosed__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdaɪəɡnəʊzɪŋ//ˌdaɪəɡˈnəʊzɪŋ/",
                "audio": "di/diagnose/diagnosing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌdaɪəɡˈnəʊs/",
                "audio": "di/diagnose/diagnose__us_1_rr.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌdaɪəɡˈnəʊsɪz/",
                "audio": "di/diagnose/diagnoses__us_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌdaɪəɡˈnəʊst/",
                "audio": "di/diagnose/diagnosed__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌdaɪəɡˈnəʊsɪŋ/",
                "audio": "di/diagnose/diagnosing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 19th cent.: back-formation from diagnosis."
}