"leading question" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: leading questions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} leading question (plural leading questions)
  1. A question that suggests the answer or that contains the information for which the examiner is looking. Wikipedia link: leading question Related terms: wife-beating question (english: loaded question) Translations (suggestive interrogation): насочващ въпрос (nasočvašt vǎpros) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 誘導性問題 (Chinese Mandarin), 诱导性问题 (yòudǎoxìng wèntí) (Chinese Mandarin), 誘導性詢問 (Chinese Mandarin), 诱导性询问 (yòudǎoxìng xúnwèn) (Chinese Mandarin), 引導性問題 (Chinese Mandarin), 引导性问题 (yǐndǎoxìng wèntí) (Chinese Mandarin), johdatteleva kysymys (Finnish), question orientée [feminine] (French), question tendancieuse [feminine] (French), question suggestive [feminine] (French), Suggestivfrage [feminine] (German), 誘導尋問 (yūdō jinmon) (alt: ゆうどうじんもん) (Japanese), pawa (Maori), ui kukume (Maori), pytanie sugestywne [neuter] (Polish), наводя́щий вопро́с (navodjáščij voprós) [masculine] (Russian), ledande fråga [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-leading_question-en-noun-Ml7qXhHG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Japanese terms with redundant script codes

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for leading question meaning in English (3.2kB)

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          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "suggestive interrogation",
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      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "suggestive interrogation",
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "suggestive interrogation",
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "suggestive interrogation",
      "word": "ui kukume"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "navodjáščij voprós",
      "sense": "suggestive interrogation",
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      "word": "наводя́щий вопро́с"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "suggestive interrogation",
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      ],
      "word": "ledande fråga"
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