Usually means: Suggests specific answer when asked.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word leading question:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. leading question: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. leading question: Merriam-Webster
  3. leading question: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. leading question: Collins English Dictionary
  5. leading question: Vocabulary.com
  6. leading question: Wordnik
  7. leading question: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. leading question: Wiktionary
  9. leading question: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. leading question: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. leading question: Dictionary.com
  12. Leading question: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. leading question: Rhymezone
  14. Leading Question: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  15. leading question: FreeDictionary.org
  16. leading question: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. leading question: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. leading question: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)
  3. leading question: Law.com Dictionary
  4. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  6. International Law Dictionary (No longer online)
  7. Leading question: Legal dictionary
  8. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. leading question: Idioms

(Note: See leading_questions as well.)

Google, News, Images, Wikipedia, Reddit, BlueSky
Definitions from Wiktionary (leading question)

▸ noun:  A question that suggests the answer or that contains the information for which the examiner is looking.

Similar:
lead, lead-in, question stem, underpoint, lead in, inducement, forelight, preluding, prenucleus, lead up, more...

Opposite:
open-ended question, neutral question

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Similar:
lead, lead-in, question stem, underpoint, lead in, inducement, forelight, preluding, prenucleus, lead up, more...

Opposite:
open-ended question, neutral question



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