trial

Meaning

Noun

1. An occasion on which a person or thing is tested to find out how well they perform or how suitable they are.
2. An occasion on which a person or thing is tested to find out how well they perform or how suitable they are.
3. An occasion on which a person or thing is tested to find out how well they perform or how suitable they are.
4. An occasion on which a person or thing is tested to find out how well they perform or how suitable they are.
5. An occasion on which a person or thing is tested to find out how well they perform or how suitable they are.
6. An occasion on which a person or thing is tested to find out how well they perform or how suitable they are.
7. An occasion on which a person or thing is tested to find out how well they perform or how suitable they are.
8. A meeting or series of meetings in a court of law at which evidence is presented to a judge (and sometimes a jury) to allow them to decide on a legal matter (especially whether an accused person is guilty of a crime).
9. A difficult or annoying experience or person; (especially religion) such an experience seen as a test of faith and piety.
10. The action of trying (to do) something, especially more than once. (This sense is still current in the expression trial and error.)

Adj

1. Pertaining to a trial or test.
2. Attempted on a provisional or experimental basis.

Verb

1. To carry out a series of tests on (a new product, procedure etc.) before marketing or implementing it.
2. To try out (a new player) in a sports team.

Adj

1. Characterized by having three (usually equivalent) components.
2. Triple.
3. Pertaining to a language form referring to three of something, like people. (See Ambai language for an example.)

Synonyms

test

experiment

ordeal

try

attempt

examination

judgement

assay

essay

tryout

judgment

affliction

hardship

lawsuit

case

hearing

distress

suffering

legal proceedings

tribulation

testing

temptation

woe

sorrow

effort

action

proof

trial run

probationary

probation

investigation

run

endeavour

visitation

exertion

inquiry

rehearsal

check

experimental

proceedings

exam

tentative

adversity

contest

court

endeavor

experimentation

go

heartbreak

heavy

inspection

interrogation

justice

noviciate

novitiate

public hearing

referee

refereeing

sadness

scrutiny

suit

umpire

mental test

grief

pain

court case

mental testing

legal proceeding

experiment with

litigation

lost cause

magisterial

match

need

oyer

analysis

experience

pilot

🧑‍✈️

preoccupation

prob

examinations

probational

examen

procedure

estimate

process

enterprise

prosecution

proving

approof

punished

inspection service

research

enquiry

rehearse

researching

review

difficulty

the whole shooting match

sample

sampler

demanding task

shot in the dark

shy

crucible

specimen

strain

struggle

study

control

official inquiry

survey

competition

search

tentativeness

check-up

challenge

triad

calamity

burden

trinity

aspiration

tryingness

affair

try-out

going over

use

vexation

adjudication

whack

whammy

willingness

action at law

work

crown of thorns

inquisition

judicial proceeding

inspections

testing and passing

investigate

investigating

infliction

hurdle

exploring

judicial

judicial inquiry

judiciary

juridical

court session

labor

exploration

legal action

Hyphenated as

tri‧al

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɹaɪəl/

Etymology

From Middle English trial, triall, from Anglo-Norman trial, triel, from trier (“to pick out, cull”) + -al. More at English try.