Leading Question

Definition: Leading Question

Leading Question

Noun

1. A question phrased in such a way as to suggest the desired answer; a lawyer may ask leading questions on cross-examination.

Domain	Definition
Literature	Leading Question A question so worded as to suggest an answer. "Was he dressed in a black coat?" leads to the answer "Yes." In cross-examining a witness, leading questions are permitted, because the chief object of a cross-examination is to obtain contradictions. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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A leading question is a question which contains or implies its own answer, and invites the witness to give the answer suggested by the attorney.

Generally only permitted in court when dealing engaging in cross-examination or dealing with a hostile witness.

Example of a leading question: "you knew where you were going, didn't you?"

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Inquiry	Interrogatory; interpellation; challenge, examination, cross-examination, catechism; feeler, Socratic method, zetetic philosophy; leading question; discussion; (reasoning).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Author	Date	Quotation
Communist Manifesto	1848	In all these movements they bring to the front, as the leading question in each, the property question, no matter what its degree of development at the time. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "leading question"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		pyetje sugjestive. (various references)

Arabic		‏سؤال إيحائي, ‏السئال أمامي. (various references)

Bulgarian		насочващ въпрос (suggestive). (various references)

Czech		hlavní otázka. (various references)

French		question tendancieuse, question insidieuse. (various references)

German		suggestivfrage. (various references)

Hebrew		שאל�" מ� ח�". (various references)

Hungarian		szuggeráló kérdés, sugalmazó kérdés, célzatos kérdés, befolyásoló kérdés. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		誘導尋問 (a leading question). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ゆうどうじ�"も�" (a leading question). (various references)

Manx		feysht leeideilagh. (various references)

Pig Latin		eadinglay estionquay

Russian		наводящий вопрос. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		sugestivno pitanje. (various references)

Spanish		pregunta inductiva. (various references)

Swedish		ledande fråga. (various references)

Turkish		cevabı yönlendiren soru, cevaba ipucu veren soru. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings
	"Leading Question" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: leadign question, leadin question. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-g-i-i-l-n-n-o-q-s-t-u"
	-3 letters: delineations.
	-4 letters: delegations, delineating, delineation, delinquents, denegations, designation, disentangle, gadolinites, langoustine, questioning, ungainliest.
	-5 letters: antilogies, astounding, autogenies, datelining, delegation, delinquent, denegation, desolating, destaining, eglantines, equalising, equalities, euglenoids, gadolinite, gelatinous, guanidines, guidelines, idealogies, idealogues, indigenous, ineloquent, insinuated, insolating, insulating, insulation, intaglioed, isoantigen, lentigines, lineations, liquations, liquidates, longitudes, nautiloids, nodalities, nonliquids, outsailing, questioned, quietening, quinolines.
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Leading Question

Definition: Leading Question

Leading Question

Noun

Specialty Definition: Leading Question

Literature

Specialty Definition: Leading question

Synonyms within Context: Leading Question

Inquiry

Historic Usage: Leading Question

Communist Manifesto

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Leading Question

leading question

Modern Translation: Leading Question

Albanian

Arabic

Bulgarian

Czech

French

German

Hebrew

Hungarian

Japanese Kanji

Japanese Katakana

Manx

Pig Latin

Russian

Serbo-Croatian

Spanish

Swedish

Turkish

Misspellings: Leading Question

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Anagrams: Leading Question

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INDEX

Expression	Frequency per Day
leading question	6
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