Cross-examine - Longman Dictionary

English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English 日本語 Español latino 한국어 cross-examine Word family (noun) exam examination cross-examination examiner (verb) examine cross-examine From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Lawcross-examineˌcross-exˈamine verb [transitive]    SCTto ask someone questions about something that they have just said, to see if they are telling the truth, especially in a court of law► see thesaurus at ask —cross-examination noun [countable, uncountable]  He broke down under cross-examination.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuscross-examine• The first lawyer cross-examined the defendant for over three hours.• Such as, why did Vecchi go and cross-examine the Fraser girl.• Should the parties be allowed to examine and cross-examine witnesses?From Longman Business Dictionarycross-examineˌcross-exˈamine verb [transitive]LAW to question a WITNESS very carefully during a court case, especially in order to show that they are not telling the truthYou will get a chance to cross-examine the witness when she has finished giving her evidence. —cross-examination noun [uncountable]He conceded under cross-examination that he did know about the letter.→ See Verb table Quizzes Quizzes

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Simple Form
Present
I, you, we, they	cross-examine
he, she, it	cross-examines
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Past
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	cross-examined
Present perfect
I, you, we, they	have cross-examined
he, she, it	has cross-examined
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had cross-examined
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will cross-examine
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have cross-examined
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Continuous Form
Present
I	am cross-examining
he, she, it	is cross-examining
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you, we, they	are cross-examining
Past
I, he, she, it	was cross-examining
you, we, they	were cross-examining
Present perfect
I, you, we, they	have been cross-examining
he, she, it	has been cross-examining
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been cross-examining
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be cross-examining
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been cross-examining
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