Words nearby trial
Idioms for trial
- undergoing examination before a judicial tribunal.
- undergoing a probationary or trial period.
on trial,
SYNONYMS FOR trial
2, 3, 5 examination.
OTHER WORDS FROM trial
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH trial
trail trialsynonym study for trial
2, 3, 5. Trial , experiment , test imply an attempt to find out something or to find out about something. Trial is the general word for a trying of anything: articles sent for ten days' free trial. Experiment is a trial conducted to prove or illustrate the truth or validity of something, or an attempt to discover something new: an experiment in organic chemistry. Test is a more specific word, referring to a trial under approved and fixed conditions, or a final and decisive trial as a conclusion of past experiments: a test of a new type of airplane. 7. See affliction.
Definition for trial (2 of 2)
Trial, The
noun
(German Der Prozess), a novel (1925) by Franz Kafka.
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British Dictionary definitions for trial (1 of 2)
trial1
/ (ˈtraɪəl, traɪl) /
noun
verb trials, trialling or trialled
(tr) to test or make experimental use of (something)the idea has been trialled in several schools
Derived forms of trial
trialling, nounWord Origin for trial
C16: from Anglo-French, from trier to try
British Dictionary definitions for trial (2 of 2)
trial2
/ (ˈtraɪəl) /
noun grammar
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
Word Origin for trial
C19: from tri- + -al 1
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Idioms and Phrases with trial
trial
In addition to the idioms beginning with trial
- trial and error
- trial balloon
- trial by fire
- trials and tribulations
also see:
- on trial
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