diagnosing

Definitions

The process of identifying the nature or cause of a disease, injury, or other problem by examining the symptoms.

The act of analyzing or determining the character or source of a situation, condition, or technical fault.

Examples

The doctor spent several hours diagnosing the patient's mysterious symptoms.

Diagnosing the root cause of the software bug proved to be more difficult than expected.

Synonyms

identifying analyzing determining evaluating detecting assessing pinpointing

Antonyms

ignoring overlooking misinterpreting neglecting misidentifying disregarding