leading question en · NOUN
Meanings
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A question that suggests the answer or that contains the information for which the examiner is looking.
He alluded constantly to Europe, to the people I was supposed to know there - putting leading questions as to my acquaintances in the sepulchral city, and so on.
1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 214:Near-synonym: loaded question
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| leading questions | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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cmn 引導性問題 /引导性问题 (suggestive interrogation) · fr question tendancieuse (suggestive interrogation) · fr question orientée (suggestive interrogation) · pl pytanie sugestywne (suggestive interrogation) · ja 誘導尋問 (suggestive interrogation) · mi ui kukume (suggestive interrogation) · fr question suggestive (suggestive interrogation) · de Suggestivfrage (suggestive interrogation) · sv ledande fråga (suggestive interrogation) · bg насочващ въпрос (suggestive interrogation) · cmn 誘導性問題 /诱导性问题 (suggestive interrogation) · cmn 誘導性詢問 /诱导性询问 (suggestive interrogation) · ru наводя́щий вопро́с (suggestive interrogation) · fi johdatteleva kysymys (suggestive interrogation) · mi pawa (suggestive interrogation)