cross-question

1. 1.

   a question asked in cross-examination

   Broaderquestion

   Part ofcross-examination

Questions about cross-question

What does cross-question mean?

cross-question means "a question asked in cross-examination".

How many syllables are in cross-question?

cross-question has 4 syllables: cros-s-que-sti-on. The stress falls on "sti".

Is cross-question a common word?

cross-question is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.