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. (UK) An occasion on which a person or thing is tested to find out how well they perform or how suitable they are.
7. (archaic) 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. (archaic) The action of trying (to do) something, especially more than once. (This sense is still current in the expression trial and error.)

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Pertaining to a trial or test.
2. (not-comparable) Attempted on a provisional or experimental basis.

Verb

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

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Characterized by having three (usually equivalent) components.
2. (not-comparable) Triple.
3. (not-comparable) Pertaining to a language form referring to three of something, like people. (See Ambai language for an example.)

Synonyms

test

experiment

try

ordeal

attempt

examination

judgement

essay

assay

tryout

hardship

affliction

lawsuit

judgment

hearing

suffering

case

distress

legal proceedings

tribulation

effort

woe

probation

sorrow

trial run

probationary

temptation

investigation

testing

action

proof

exam

check

run

endeavour

inquiry

rehearsal

visitation

experimental

exertion

proceedings

sadness

scrutiny

refereeing

endeavor

public hearing

referee

heavy

heartbreak

adversity

Translations

Versuch

essai

procès

prova

jugement

Prüfung

esperimento

juicio

épreuve

Probe

experimento

processo

beproeving

teste

prueba

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɹaɪəl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: trial

In summary

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