re-examine

1. 1.

   question after cross-examination by opposing counsel

   “re-examine one's witness”

   Broaderprobe

   law

Questions about re-examine

What does re-examine mean?

re-examine means "question after cross-examination by opposing counsel".

How many syllables are in re-examine?

re-examine has 3 syllables and divides as re-ex-a-mine under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is re-examine a common word?

re-examine is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.