Usually means: Questioning a witness by opposition.
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General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. cross-examine: Merriam-Webster
  2. cross-examine: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cross-examine: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cross-examine, cross-examine: Collins English Dictionary
  5. cross-examine: Wordnik
  6. cross-examine: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. cross-examine: Wiktionary
  8. cross-examine: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. cross-examine: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. cross-examine: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Cross-examine, cross-examine: Dictionary.com
  12. cross-examine: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. Cross-examine: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. cross-examine: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. Cross-examine: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. cross-examine: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. cross-examine: FreeDictionary.org
  18. cross-examine: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. cross-examine: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. cross-examine: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cross-examine: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cross-examine: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cross-examine: Idioms

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▸ verb:  (transitive) To question (someone) closely in order to verify facts, or information previously given.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To question a trial witness who has already been questioned by the other side.

Similar:
cross examine, interrogate, check on, examine, cross-check, check, question, re-examine, examin, interpellate, more...

Opposite:
direct examination, questioning, inquiry

Types:
grill, badger, pummel, prod, needle, catechize, inquire, more...



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Similar:
cross examine, interrogate, check on, examine, cross-check, check, question, re-examine, examin, interpellate, more...

Opposite:
direct examination, questioning, inquiry

Types:
grill, badger, pummel, prod, needle, catechize, inquire, more...



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