LINE OF QUESTIONING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does line of questioning mean? 

• LINE OF QUESTIONING (noun)
  The noun LINE OF QUESTIONING has 1 sense:

1. an ordering of questions so as to develop a particular argument

  Familiarity information: LINE OF QUESTIONING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LINE OF QUESTIONING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An ordering of questions so as to develop a particular argument

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

line of inquiry; line of questioning

Hypernyms ("line of questioning" is a kind of...):

argument; argumentation; line; line of reasoning; logical argument (a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning)

 Context examples 

The result of an actual line of questioning about a sign, symptom, disease, or other medical occurrence.

(Performed Medical Condition Result, NCI Thesaurus)