trial
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
the act of trying, testing, or putting to the proof.
test; proof.
an attempt or effort to do something.
a tentative or experimental action in order to ascertain results; experiment.
the state or position of a person or thing being tried or tested; probation.
subjection to suffering or grievous experiences; a distressed or painful state: comfort in the hour of trial.
an affliction or trouble.
a trying, distressing, or annoying thing or person.
Ceramics. a piece of ceramic material used to try the heat of a kiln and the progress of the firing of its contents.
of, relating to, or employed in a trial.
done or made by way of trial, proof, or experiment.
used in testing, experimenting, etc.
acting or serving as a sample, experimental specimen, etc.: a trial offer.
Idioms about trial
on trial,
undergoing examination before a judicial tribunal.
undergoing a probationary or trial period.
Origin of trial
1synonym study For trial
Other words for trial
Other words from trial
- in·ter·tri·al, adjective
- non·tri·al, noun
- post·tri·al, adjective
- re·tri·al, noun
- self-trial, noun
Words that may be confused with trial
- trail, trial
Words Nearby trial
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How to use trial in a sentence
There are about 36,000 digital marketing agencies worldwide, based on our research on platforms like UpCity, Clutch, and our trials and users.
How would an SEO agency be built today? Part 2: Current business model(s) | Sponsored Content: SEOmonitor | September 16, 2020 | Search Engine LandMultiple companies are reporting positive results from their phase 1 trials.
America Is About to Lose Its 200,000th Life to Coronavirus. How Many More Have to Die? | by Stephen Engelberg | September 14, 2020 | ProPublicaPrior to the trial, the Financial Conduct Authority said policies held by around 370,000 customers could be affected.
Got interruption insurance? These companies found it’s useless in the age of COVID-19 | Bernhard Warner | September 12, 2020 | FortuneAstraZeneca’s clinical trial hold stemmed from adverse events and may well proceed into further clinical development.
We never did a trial that half the people were randomized to get them and half were not.
Wearing a mask could protect you from COVID-19 in more ways than you think | Kat Eschner | September 10, 2020 | Popular-Science
Meanwhile, almost exactly 30 years after the trial, the judge left his home to board a steamboat and was never heard from again.
New York’s Most Tragic Ghost Loves Minimalist Swedish Fashion | Nina Strochlic | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTSeventy-two adults between the ages of 18 and 50 are participating in the trial, led by the pediatrics department at Oxford.
The next phase of the trial consists of vaccinating Ebola workers on the front lines.
He lambasts the case as without evidence, an unfair trial, and damaging for the American reputation.
Of Cuban Spies, a Baby, and a Filmmaker: The Strange Tale of the Cuban Five | Nina Strochlic | December 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhile in pre-trial detention, Krivov undertook two hunger strikes.
Behind Bars for the Holidays: 11 Political Prisoners We Want to See Free In 2015 | Movements.Org | December 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe challenge was accepted and the hay-wagon driven round and the trial commenced.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | VariousNo doubt it will be a trial for Miss Rowan, but I think she would feel better to have her father buried here.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairHe consented to the trial, receiving Planner's solemn promise that, in the event of failure, it should be the last.
British parliament passed an act for transporting Americans to England for trial.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellReceiving small encouragement in England, he applied to sugar-cane planters to give his engines a trial in the West Indies.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) | Francis Trevithick
British Dictionary definitions for trial (1 of 2)
/ (ˈtraɪəl, traɪl) /
the act or an instance of trying or proving; test or experiment
(as modifier): a trial run
law
the judicial examination of the issues in a civil or criminal cause by a competent tribunal and the determination of these issues in accordance with the law of the land
the determination of an accused person's guilt or innocence after hearing evidence for the prosecution and for the accused and the judicial examination of the issues involved
(as modifier): trial proceedings
an effort or attempt to do something: we had three trials at the climb
trouble or grief
an annoying or frustrating person or thing
(often plural) a competition for individuals: sheepdog trials
a motorcycling competition in which the skills of the riders are tested over rough ground
ceramics a piece of sample material used for testing the heat of a kiln and its effects
on trial
undergoing trial, esp before a court of law
being tested, as before a commitment to purchase
(tr) to test or make experimental use of (something): the idea has been trialled in several schools
Origin of trial
1Derived forms of trial
- trialling, noun
British Dictionary definitions for trial (2 of 2)
/ (ˈtraɪəl) /
a grammatical number occurring in some languages for words in contexts where exactly three of their referents are described or referred to
(modifier) relating to or inflected for this number
Origin of trial
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with trial
In addition to the idioms beginning with trial
- trial and error
- trial balloon
- trial by fire
- trials and tribulations
also see:
- on trial
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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