line of questioning

1. 1.

   an ordering of questions so as to develop a particular argument

   Synonymsline of inquiry

   Broaderargumentation

Questions about line of questioning

What does line of questioning mean?

line of questioning means "an ordering of questions so as to develop a particular argument".

What is another word for line of questioning?

Close synonyms include line of inquiry. 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 line of questioning a common word?

line of questioning 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.