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cross examine

cross examine is the alternative form of cross-examine.

Meaning of cross-examine

Verb

cross-examine (third-person singular simple present cross-examines, present participle cross-examining, simple past and past participle cross-examined)

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

Forms of cross examine

third-person singular presentcross examines
present participlecross examining
past participlecross examined
pastcross examined

Questions about cross examine

What is cross examine the alternative form of?
Cross examine is the alternative form of cross-examine.

Words near cross examine in the dictionary

  1. cross dowel
  2. cross dowels
  3. cross elasticity of demand
  4. cross examination
  5. cross examinations
  6. cross examine
  7. cross examined
  8. cross examines
  9. cross examining
  10. Cross Fell
  11. cross file

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cross examine (page history and authors); cross-examine (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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