cross-examine
cross-examine verb: to question (someone) closely in order to verify facts, or information previously given.
Verb
cross-examine (third-person singular simple present cross-examines, present participle cross-examining, simple past and past participle cross-examined)
- To question (someone) closely in order to verify facts, or information previously given.
- Synonyms:
- cross-exam, cross-question, cross-interrogate
- To question a trial witness who has already been questioned by the other side.
cross-examine meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada
cross-examine in Tamil
- குறுக்கு விசாரணைசெய், குறுக்குக் கேள்வி கேள், எதிர்த்தரப்பின் மீது கேள்வி எழுப்பு
cross-examine in Malayalam
- question, interrogate, cross-question
- ക്രാസ്സ്ചെയ്യുക, ക്രോസ്വിസ്താരം ചെയ്യുക, ചോദ്യം ചെയ്തു വിഷമിപ്പിക്കുക, എതിർവിസ്താരം ചെയ്യുക, ചോദ്യംചെയ്ക, വിചാരണ നടത്തുക
cross-examine in Kannada
- ಪಾಟಿ ಸವಾಲು ಮಾಡು, ಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮವಾಗಿ ಪ್ರಶ್ನಿಸು, ಎದುರು ಸಾಕ್ಷಿ ವಿಚಾರಣೆ ಮಾಡು
Synonyms of cross-examine
Forms of cross-examine
| third-person singular present | cross-examines |
|---|---|
| present participle | cross-examining |
| past participle | cross-examined |
| past | cross-examined |
| alternative form | cross examine |
Origin of cross-examine
From cross- + examine.
Words formed from cross-examine
Questions about cross-examine
- What does cross-examine mean?
- Cross-examine means to question (someone) closely in order to verify facts, or information previously given.
- What is cross-examine in Tamil?
- Cross-examine in Tamil is குறுக்கு விசாரணைசெய், குறுக்குக் கேள்வி கேள், எதிர்த்தரப்பின் மீது கேள்வி எழுப்பு. See Cross-examine meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is cross-examine?
- Cross-examine is a verb.
- What is the past tense of cross-examine?
- The past tense of cross-examine is cross-examined.
Words near cross-examine in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cross-examine (page history and authors); cross-examine (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cross-examine (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); cross-examine (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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