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re-examining

re-examining is the present participle and gerund of re-examine.

Meaning of re-examine

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To examine again.
    • At the request of the Minister of Transport, the Commission is reviewing the achievements under the plan up to the end of 1958 and the benefits obtained from it, and is re-examining the course of the plan, with particular reference to the next five years "related to the future size of railway...1959 February, “Re-Appraisal of Modernisation Plans”, in Railway Magazine, page 73
  2. (UK, transitive) To question a witness in redirect examination.

Questions about re-examining

What is re-examining the present participle and gerund of?
Re-examining is the present participle and gerund of re-examine.

Words near re-examining in the dictionary

  1. re-examination
  2. re-examinations
  3. re-examine
  4. re-examined
  5. re-examines
  6. re-examining
  7. re-excavate
  8. re-excavated
  9. re-excavates
  10. re-excavating
  11. re-excavation

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