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LEADING QUESTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does leading question mean?
• LEADING QUESTION (noun)
The noun LEADING QUESTION has 1 sense:
1. a question phrased in such a way as to suggest the desired answer; a lawyer may ask leading questions on cross-examination
Familiarity information: LEADING QUESTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A question phrased in such a way as to suggest the desired answer; a lawyer may ask leading questions on cross-examination
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("leading question" is a kind of...):
interrogation; interrogative; interrogative sentence; question (a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply)
Holonyms ("leading question" is a part of...):
cross-examination ((law) close questioning of a hostile witness in a court of law to discredit or throw a new light on the testimony already provided in direct examination)
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