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CROSS QUESTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cross question mean? 

CROSS QUESTION (verb)
  The verb CROSS QUESTION has 1 sense:

1. question closely, or question a witness that has already been questioned by the opposing sideplay

  Familiarity information: CROSS QUESTION used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CROSS QUESTION (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Question closely, or question a witness that has already been questioned by the opposing side

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

cross examine; cross question

Context example:

The witness was cross-examined by the defense

Hypernyms (to "cross question" is one way to...):

examine (question closely)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP

Derivation:

cross-question (a question asked in cross-examination)

cross-questioner (someone who questions a witness carefully (especially about testimony given earlier))


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