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    LEADING QUESTION

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     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-examinationplay

    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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