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RE-EXAMINE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they re-examine ... he / she / it re-examines
Past simple: re-examined
-ing form: re-examining
Sense 1
Meaning:
Question after cross-examination by opposing counsel
Example:
re-examine one's witness
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "re-examine" is one way to...):
examine; probe (question or examine thoroughly and closely)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody