cross question

1. 1.

   question closely, or question a witness that has already been questioned by the opposing side

   “The witness was cross-examined by the defense”

   Synonymscross examine

   Broaderexamine

Questions about cross question

What does cross question mean?

cross question means "question closely, or question a witness that has already been questioned by the opposing side".

What is another word for cross question?

Close synonyms include cross examine. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

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.