Definitions for tried
traɪdtried

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. tested, tried, well-tried(adj)

   tested and proved useful or correct

   "a tested method"

2. tested, time-tested, tried, tried and true(adj)

   tested and proved to be reliable

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Tried

   imp. & p. p. of Try

2. Tried

   proved; tested; faithful; trustworthy; as, a tried friend

3. tried

   of Try

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Tried

   See Try.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'tried' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #656

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'tried' in Written Corpus Frequency: #777

Anagrams for tried »

1. drite

2. tired

How to pronounce tried?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say tried in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of tried in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of tried in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of tried in a Sentence

1. John Thurman:

   I tried to get to some of my colleagues that I knew were in the room, we were at that point of having to crawl on the floor and because it was now full of smoke, very hot air. You took your face off the floor and you couldn't breathe.

2. Simona Halep:

   She was opening the court pretty well with the angles, and it's really tough to play and hit the balls from wide in the court, so I knew I had to start playing more aggressively and hit more into the court, i just tried to relax my body and my mind, fight for every point and play my best.

3. Yannis Karypidis:

   We said to ourselves 'if it works it works, if it doesn't it doesn't, but at least we tried it and got it out of our minds and we could then move on to something else'.

4. Edward Chapin:

   The brightest crowns that are worn in heaven have been tried, and smelted, and polished, and glorified through the furnace of tribulation.

5. Rory Bruer:

   We certainly wanted more, sacha is amazing and we love him, and we tried to crack the code on it, but it just didn’t happen for us.

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