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7 dictionary results for: Trial
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
tri·al       [trahy-uhl, trahyl] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.Law.
a.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.
b.the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
2.the act of trying, testing, or putting to the proof.
3.test; proof.
4.an attempt or effort to do something.
5.a tentative or experimental action in order to ascertain results; experiment.
6.the state or position of a person or thing being tried or tested; probation.
7.subjection to suffering or grievous experiences; a distressed or painful state: comfort in the hour of trial.
8.an affliction or trouble.
9.a trying, distressing, or annoying thing or person.
10.Ceramics. a piece of ceramic material used to try the heat of a kiln and the progress of the firing of its contents.
–adjective
11.of, pertaining to, or employed in a trial.
12.done or made by way of trial, proof, or experiment.
13.used in testing, experimenting, etc.
14.acting or serving as a sample, experimental specimen, etc.: a trial offer.
—Idiom
15.on trial,
a.undergoing examination before a judicial tribunal.
b.undergoing a probationary or trial period.
[Origin: 1520–30; try + -al2]

—Synonyms 2, 3, 5. examination. 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. 4. endeavor, essay, struggle. 7. grief, tribulation, distress, sorrow, trouble, hardship. See affliction.
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
tri·al       (trī'əl, trīl)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Law Examination of evidence and applicable law by a competent tribunal to determine the issue of specified charges or claims.
    1. The act or process of testing, trying, or putting to the proof: a trial of one's faith.
    2. An instance of such testing, especially as part of a series of tests or experiments: a clinical trial of a drug.
  3. An effort or attempt: succeeded on the third trial.
  4. A state of pain or anguish that tests patience, endurance, or belief: "the fiery trial through which we pass" (Abraham Lincoln).
  5. A trying, troublesome, or annoying person or thing: The child was a trial to his parents.
  6. A preliminary competition or test to determine qualifications, as in a sport.

adj.  
  1. Of, relating to, or used in a trial.
  2. Attempted or advanced on a provisional or experimental basis: a trial separation.
  3. Made or done in the course of a trial or test.


[Middle English triall, a testing, from Anglo-Norman trial, from trier, to sort, try.]

Synonyms: These nouns denote distress or suffering that severely tests resiliency and character: no consolation in their hour of trial; the affliction of a bereaved family; the crucible of revolution; the ordeal of being an innocent murder suspect; a time of relentless tribulation. See Also Synonyms at burden1.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
trial 
1436, "act or process of testing," from Anglo-Fr. trial, noun formed from triet "to try" (see try). Sense of "examining and deciding a case in a court of law" is first recorded 1577; extended to any ordeal by 1595.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
trial

noun
1. the act of testing something; "in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately"; "he called each flip of the coin a new trial" [syn: test] 
2. trying something to find out about it; "a sample for ten days free trial"; "a trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain" 
3. the act of undergoing testing; "he survived the great test of battle"; "candidates must compete in a trial of skill" [syn: test] 
4. (law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law; "he had a fair trial and the jury found him guilty"; "most of these complaints are settled before they go to trial" 
5. (sports) a preliminary competition to determine qualifications; "the trials for the semifinals began yesterday" 
6. an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event; "his mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him"; "life is full of tribulations"; "a visitation of the plague" 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - Cite This Source - Share This

trial

In addition to the idioms beginning with trial, also see on trial.


The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Trial

At*tempt"\, n. A essay, trial, or endeavor; an undertaking; an attack, or an effort to gain a point; esp. an unsuccessful, as contrasted with a successful, effort.

By his blindness maimed for high attempts. --Milton.

Attempt to commit a crime (Law), such an intentional preparatory act as will apparently result, if not extrinsically hindered, in a crime which it was designed to effect. --Wharton.

Syn: Attempt, Endeavor, Effort, Exertion, Trial.

Usage: These words agree in the idea of calling forth our powers into action. Trial is the generic term; it denotes a putting forth of one's powers with a view to determine what they can accomplish; as, to make trial of one's strength. An attempt is always directed to some definite and specific object; as, "The attempt, and not the deed, confounds us." --Shak. An endeavor is a continued attempt; as, "His high endeavor and his glad success." --Cowper. Effort is a specific putting forth of strength in order to carry out an attempt. Exertion is the putting forth or active exercise of any faculty or power. "It admits of all degrees of effort and even natural action without effort." --C. J. Smith. See Try.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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