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try

[trahy]

verb (used with object)

to attempt to do or accomplish: Try it before you say it's simple.

to test the effect or result of (often followed by out): to try a new method; to try a recipe out.

to endeavor to evaluate by experiment or experience: to try a new field; to try a new book.

to test the quality, value, fitness, accuracy, etc., of: Will you try a spoonful of this and tell me what you think of it?

Law. to examine and determine judicially, as a cause; determine judicially the guilt or innocence of (a person).

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to put to a severe test; subject to strain, as of endurance, patience, affliction, or trouble; tax: to try one's patience.

to attempt to open (a door, window, etc.) in order to find out whether it is locked: Try all the doors before leaving.

to melt down (fat, blubber, etc.) to obtain the oil; render (usually followed by out).

Archaic.

to determine the truth or right of (a quarrel or question) by test or battle (sometimes followed by out).

to find to be right by test or experience.

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verb (used without object)

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to make an attempt or effort; strive: Try to complete the examination.

11.

Nautical. to lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.

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reasonable ground for a belief, as that the accused was guilty of the crime, used especially as a defense to an action for malicious prosecution

the aggregate of statutory enactments dealing with crimes and their punishment

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noun

12.

an attempt or effort: to have a try at something.

13.

Rugby. a score of three points earned by advancing the ball to or beyond the opponents' goal line.

Verb phrases

14.

try on, to put on an article of clothing in order to judge its appearance and fit: You can't really tell how it will look until you try it on.

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try out, to use experimentally; test: to try out a new car.

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try out for, to compete for (a position, membership, etc.): Over a hundred boys came to try out for the football team.

Idioms

17.

give it the old college try, Informal. to make a sincere effort: I gave it the old college try and finally found an apartment.

18.

try it

that on, Chiefly British Informal.

to put on airs: She's been trying it on ever since the inheritance came through.

to be forward or presumptuous, especially with a member of the opposite sex: She avoided him after he'd tried it on with her.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English trien to try (a legal case) < Anglo-French trier, Old French: to sift, cull, of uncertain origin

Related forms

pre·try, verb (used with object), -tried, -try·ing.

re·try, verb, -tried, -try·ing.

Synonyms
1, 10. Try, attempt, endeavor, strive all mean to put forth an effort toward a specific end. Try is the most often used and most general term: to try to decipher a message; to try hard to succeed. Attempt, often interchangeable with try, sometimes suggests the possibility of failure and is often used in reference to more serious or important matters: to attempt to formulate a new theory of motion. Endeavor emphasizes serious and continued exertion of effort, sometimes aimed at dutiful or socially appropriate behavior: to endeavor to fulfill one's obligations. Strive, stresses persistent, vigorous, even strenuous effort, often in the face of obstacles: to strive to overcome a handicap.

Usage note
10. Try followed by and instead of to has been in standard use since the 17th century: The Justice Department has decided to try and regulate jury-selection practices. The construction occurs only with the base form try, not with tries or tried or trying. EXPANDAlthough some believe that try and is less formal than try to, both patterns occur in all types of speech and writing

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She also increased grants to firms that try to develop new products.

If it isn't, try to figure out where you went wrong.

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She also increased grants to firms that try to develop new products.

If it isn't, try to figure out where you went wrong.

For the colors on the spectrum that you are able to perceptually discriminate, you might try a simple learning game with a friend.

There's a reason millions of people try to solve crossword puzzles each day.

Try this out on those horticultural wizards who think they know it all.

Try to watch a movie, remember you only watch movies that stream online, go back to your computer and try to connect again.

We discussed the impact of stepping down and returning to graduate school to try something completely different.

Try and find a goal that makes you happy, but which also does not appear to help secure one of these two goals.

There is no shortage of patients eager to give the creatures a try.

Every year millions of people around the world try to kill themselves-and nearly one million of them succeed.

And if it's awful, you try to forget it as soon as possible.

Try these fresh, flavorful recipes using ripe fruits and vegetables from summer's harvest.

One possibility is that the regime might change course and try to reform.

Follow households around the world as they try to slim their carbon footprints.

Ethical scientists welcome skepticism and dissent and try to strengthen the peer review process, not stack it in their favor.

With this travesty of science people try to put a human face on the animal world"--.

China finds itself with a huge pile of money to invest to try and buy its way into world markets.

Join the team as they try to build a picture of our past from ancient puzzle pieces.

Multiple orbits should give them multiple angles of attack to try it.

It also does no use to try to explain how it tastes to me to someone who doesn't taste it this way.

After a day of meetings, make sure you try a couple of bars.

So, she does a lot of stuff to try to scare them from building or moving in next door.

So researchers asked gamers to try to solve this particular protein.

Try drawing your hand when you can't see it--your picture is likely distorted.

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To see how far-reaching climate change effects could be, you might try looking under your feet.

Now, try to keep your children from being creative with your veggies.

Though women may try their darndest to eliminate them, fat deposits on the thighs and buttocks are often there to stay.

We try to save species because they have value to us.

Instead of having a chocolate bar i'll try and find something with more protien to help me through the rest of the day.

He has put together a remarkable team to try to determine exactly how the environment does affect objects.

Caramazza will also try to map the language centers of the brain using magnets, which can temporarily disable neural regions.

He would recognize the cost of his abuses against nature, and he would finally begin to try to make amends.

See what scientists are doing to try to understand the deepest mystery of quantum physics.

Bites often occur when people try to catch or kill snakes.

If you've been buying sports gels to keep you going during your workout, you might want to try honey instead.

Any deeper and we'll turn around and try to find another route.

Safety investigators try to find out if composites for aircraft are strong enough.

If you are searching for something a bit more fashionable, try creating your own piece of beadwork.

It is written to try to appeal to the authority and infer that if one disagrees then they must be unscientific.

Traditional latkes are tried and true, but this may be the year to try something different.

It is not a question who should try to affect social norms.

Try eating six or seven small meals a day instead of two or three big ones.

Responses to an article and interactive feature that let readers try to fix the nation's budget themselves.

Its poor, politically polarised countries must now try to cope.

Physicists try to predict when stock prices will crash.

Augustine and try a couple of these original recipes.

What to eat for quick energy and good digestion, and easy recipes to try right.

If you can't break a record outright, try qualifying it slightly.

The new unit will also try to eliminate the costly practice of allowing booksellers to return unsold copies.

When he decided to try a novel, however, he didn't ask that agent to shop it around.

In the longterm you loose because no one will join in the next flotilla to try to break the blockade.

Here are five ways to try tomatillos, from salsa and guacamole to omelets, soups and.

Try these wolly pockets, a modern take on traditional garden baskets, to hang your plants in style.

Try such things over and over, and eventually you may discover that the geometry of the.

Tweed cautions readers without college-leadership experience not to try to replicate this stunt.

Lines of people, shouting their frustration, try to protect their trees and save their land.

Working with an adult, track down and try a recipe from that part of the world.

People try harder to beat a weakling than to topple a higher-ranked opponent.

Druker” shows once again how supervisors with little vision try to stifle gifted researchers and deprive.

Try one of these low-fuss, low-fat recipes for dinner tonight.

All too often anonymous reviewers try to skewer journal article and book authors.

Savers are already penalised by record low interest rates, as central banks try to bail out debtors.

Try to find treasure in this hands-on excavation experience.

Scientists try to clean up nanotechnology before it becomes a big business--and a big problem.

Don't feel bad if you try something and it doesn't work out.

Try these colorful, fresh, flavorful creations for your next backyard party or picnic.

Or perhaps they'll try to frighten you with spiders.

It is customary for the ruling party to make its choice, and then to try to achieve a consensus.

Scientists and even tourists try to help the threatened species.

Try these favorite spots for the tastiest alfresco meals around.

To get a foretaste of what is to come, try hiring a car or booking a room at a top hotel without a credit card.

Go back to try the other option or use the pull-down menu above to explore further.

Try out these unusual, and lesser-known, vegetables in your edible garden.

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Students should try to greet the puppet in a way that will make the puppet return their greeting.

When you are seriously rich it is hard to spend all your money, but some creative people will help you try.

Then have them try again, this time without using their.

But people can be induced to try a different brand that they might like.

Try these hearty mixes for the perfect summer shortcut.

For once, management consultants can try out their bright ideas at home before selling them.

Try some of these activities to practice some of the steps of the interview process.

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He is incredibly kind when others try their hardest to be rude.

It's also a good spot for casting a line to try to nab one of the river's cutthroat, rainbow, or brown trout.

Try the psychology of consumptionPeople consume because it makes them happy.

Try to find all the items in the scavenger hunt below.

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But try one if you can find them in a friend's garden or at a farmers' market-they're ripe now-and you'll probably be hooked.

Try to avoid the ones that are out in the open and the ones that are outside banks.

Try this experiment to learn about the reflective properties of light.

Try closing your left eye and then look around the room with your right.

The real adventurous can try the climbing wall located inside the complex.

Young entrepreneurs here are not hesitant to try something new.

Those tormented by permanent mental illness, for example, often try to kill themselves.

Ask students to look at the objects and try to determine what they reveal about your life.

Since business or employment attire is not a social choice, try casual wear.

For the time being however, fighting continues in a desperate effort to try and dislodge the rebels from their stronghold.

We hold our breath and try to absorb each moment in the cool early-morning air.

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Try to conceal the box under some rocks, or in a hollow log-somewhere that will likely not change much over time.

Patients and families were desperate to try anything that might offer a longer term solution.

The government could try to rein in wayward states by seeking a stay on the ruling while an appeal is heard.

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But if you try to talk to him, it will quickly become obvious that something is.

Try cooking one piece first, let it cool, and taste for doneness.

Musk oxen try to protect their young from a pack of arctic wolves.

Nearly everyone who bends over the crib of a baby bursts into bubbling, musical tones to try to get the infant's attention.

After locating a low-risk area, researchers try to select devils fresh from weaning.

Shoot creatively and try to get something really special.

They should try to find foods from a variety of regions within both hemispheres.

Visual artists often try to imitate reality closely.

Try this quiz and learn more about these gentle giants of the forest.

Try four sets of one-, two-, and three-minute intervals twice a week.

These theories also try to explain the persistent and continuing presence of a left-handed minority.

Watch spewing volcanoes, descending lava, and a truck try to escape a lava trap.

He says that his team has yet to try to impregnate female monkeys with embryos derived using the new method.

Next time you find yourself in a bad mood, don't try to put on a happy face-instead tackle a project that has been stymieing you.

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try (traɪ)

—vb (when tr, may take an infinitive, sometimes with to replaced by and) (often foll by out) (usually foll by out) , tries, trying, tried
1.	to make an effort or attempt: he tried to climb a cliff
2.	to sample, test, or give experimental use to (something) in order to determine its quality, worth, etc: try her cheese flan
3.	(tr) to put strain or stress on: he tries my patience
4.	(tr; often passive) to give pain, affliction, or vexation to: I have been sorely tried by those children
5.	a. to examine and determine the issues involved in (a cause) in a court of law
	b. to hear evidence in order to determine the guilt or innocence of (an accused)
	c. to sit as judge at the trial of (an issue or person)
6.	(tr) to melt (fat, lard, etc) in order to separate out impurities
7.	obsolete to extract (a material) from an ore, mixture, etc, usually by heat; refine

—n , tries, trying, tried, tries
8.	an experiment or trial
9.	an attempt or effort
10.	rugby the act of an attacking player touching the ball down behind the opposing team's goal line, scoring five or, in Rugby League, four points
11.	American football Also called: try for a point an attempt made after a touchdown to score an extra point by kicking a goal or, for two extra points, by running the ball or completing a pass across the opponents' goal line

usage The use of and instead of to after try is very common, but should be avoided in formal writing: we must try to prevent (not try and prevent) this happening

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Word Origin & History

try

c.1300, "examine judiciously, sit in judgment of," from Anglo-Fr. trier (late 13c.), from O.Fr. trier "to pick out, cull" (12c.), from Gallo-Romance *triare, of unknown origin. The ground sense is "separate out (the good) by examination." Meaning "to test" is first recorded mid-14c.; that of "attempt

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to do" is from early 14c. Sense of "to subject to some strain" (of patience, endurance, etc.) is recorded from 1530s. Trying "distressing" is first attested 1718. Try-out "trial of skill or ability" first recorded 1903. To try (something) on for size in the figurative sense is recorded from 1956.

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Medical Dictionary

Try abbr.
tryptophan

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Abbreviations & Acronyms

Try
tryptophan

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Idioms & Phrases

try

In addition to the idioms beginning with try, also see old college try. Also see under tried.