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 Definitions of trial  [ˈtraɪ əl, traɪl]  

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Definition of 'trial' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) trial
the examination of a cause before a court of law, often involving issues both of law and of fact.

2.  trial
the use of due process to determine a person's guilt or innocence.

3.  trial
the act of trying, testing, or putting to the proof.

4.  trial
an attempt or effort to do something.

5.  trial
a tentative or experimental action in order to ascertain results; experiment.

6.  trial
the state or position of a person or thing being tried or tested.

7.  trial
subjection to suffering or grief; distress.

8.  trial
an affliction or trouble.

9.  trial
a troublesome, wearying, or annoying thing or person.

10. (adj.) trial
of, pertaining to, or employed in a trial.

11.  trial
done or made by way of trial, proof, or experiment.

12.  trial
used in or for testing, experimenting, sampling, etc.

13. (adj.) trial
of or belonging to a grammatical category of number, as in some Papuan and Austronesian languages, used to indicate that a word denotes three persons or things.

14. (n.) trial
trial number.

15.  trial
a word or other form in the trial.

Etymology:  (1885–90; tri - + (du )al)

Definition of 'trial' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) test, trial, run
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"

2. (noun) trial, trial run, test, tryout
trying something to find out about it
"a sample for ten days free trial"; "a trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain"

3. (noun) test, trial
the act of undergoing testing
"he survived the great test of battle"; "candidates must compete in a trial of skill"

4. (noun) trial
(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. (noun) trial
(sports) a preliminary competition to determine qualifications
"the trials for the semifinals began yesterday"

6. (noun) trial, tribulation, visitation
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"


Definition of 'trial' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) trial
a court case
a seven-month trial; to stand trial; to be on trial for murder

2.  trial
the process of trying sth to find out if it is appropriate, effective, etc.
pharmaceutical trials; a three-month trial of the product


Definition of 'trial' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) trial
the act of trying or testing in any manner

2. (noun) trial
any effort or exertion of strength for the purpose of ascertaining what can be done or effected

3. (noun) trial
the act of testing by experience; proof; test

4. (noun) trial
examination by a test; experiment, as in chemistry, metallurgy, etc

5. (noun) trial
the state of being tried or tempted; exposure to suffering that tests strength, patience, faith, or the like; affliction or temptation that exercises and proves the graces or virtues of men

6. (noun) trial
that which tries or afflicts; that which harasses; that which tries the character or principles; that which tempts to evil; as, his child's conduct was a sore trial

7. (noun) trial
the formal examination of the matter in issue in a cause before a competent tribunal; the mode of determining a question of fact in a court of law; the examination, in legal form, of the facts in issue in a cause pending before a competent tribunal, for the purpose of determining such issue


Translation of 'trial' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: an act of testing or trying; a test
Give the new car a trial; The disaster was a trial of his courage.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: beproewing Arabic flag Arabic: إخْتِبار Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: изпитание
Brazilian flag Brazilian: prova Czech flag Czech: zkouška German flag German: der Versuch
Danish flag Danish: prøvekørsel; prøve Greek flag Greek: δοκιμή, δοκιμασία Spanish flag Spanish: prueba, ensayo
Estonian flag Estonian: katse, katsumus Farsi flag Farsi: آزمایش؛ آزمون Finnish flag Finnish: koe
French flag French: essai,épreuve Hebrew flag Hebrew: נִיסָיוֹן Hindi flag Hindi: परीक्षण
Croatian flag Croatian: ispit, opit Hungarian flag Hungarian: próba Indonesian flag Indonesian: tes, percobaan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: reynsla, prófun Italian flag Italian: prova Japanese flag Japanese: ためし
Korean flag Korean: 시운전 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: išbandymas Latvian flag Latvian: izmēģinājums; pārbaude
Malay flag Malay: ujian; dugaan Dutch flag Dutch: test Norwegian flag Norwegian: prøve(tur), kraft-/styrke
Polish flag Polish: próba, test Persian flag Persian: آزمایش؛ آزمون Pashto flag Pashto: ازمایښت، ازمون
Portuguese flag Portuguese: prova Romanian flag Romanian: încercare, probă Russian flag Russian: испытание
Slovak flag Slovak: skúška Slovenian flag Slovenian: preizkušnja Serbian flag Serbian: test
Swedish flag Swedish: prov, provkörning Thai flag Thai: การทดลอง Turkish flag Turkish: sınama, test
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 試驗,考驗 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: випробування; проба Urdu flag Urdu: امتحان
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự thử thách Chinese flag Chinese: 试验,考验

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