Definitions for Trying
ˈtraɪ ɪŋtry·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 3 votes

1. tryingadjective

   hard to endure

   "fell upon trying times"

2. nerve-racking, nerve-wracking, stressful, tryingadjective

   extremely irritating to the nerves

   "nerve-racking noise"; "the stressful days before a war"; "a trying day at the office"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tryingadjective

   Difficult to endure; arduous.

2. tryingadjective

   Irritating, stressful or bothersome.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Trying

   of Try

2. Tryingadjective

   adapted to try, or put to severe trial; severe; afflictive; as, a trying occasion or position

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Trying

   To do something over and over again until you get it correct.

   I am trying so hard

   
   

   Submitted by anonymous on March 12, 2021  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Trying' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #583

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Trying' in Written Corpus Frequency: #314

Anagrams for Trying »

1. trigyn

How to pronounce Trying?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Trying in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Trying in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Trying in a Sentence

1. Terry McAuliffe:

   [ T ] Terry McAuliffe anti-American viewpoint based on racial animus is being spread throughout schools in the country, then you have Merrick Garland, Merrick Garland, joining forces with a renegade school board association trying to call the parents who are concerned about this ‘ domestic terrorists ’ – while not revealing that Merrick Garland own son-in-law has an interest in putting these CRT materials into schools and is making a profit off doing that.

2. Monica Schipper/Getty Images:

   We cannot wait for that, we talk about it every single day. I’m just trying to figure out the time in my schedule because I have so many projects happening, and I just launched my media company, 11:11 Media. So there’s a lot happening, but that is definitely one of my top priorities.

3. Bitglass CEO Nat Kausik:

   What we were trying to find out was ‘how liquid is the data once it has been breached?’.

4. Thomas Homan:

   This is out of control, what I've been trying to do my 34 years serving my nation is to save lives, so for you to sit there and insult my integrity and my love of my country and for children, that's why this whole thing needs to be fixed.

5. Ben Bova:

   The problem is that Americans would like to be independent of the rest of the world ... Except the world ain't that way. Trying to be independent of the rest of the world is to commit suicide.

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