LEADING QUESTION

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 I. (noun) 

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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