Definitions for trying
ˈtraɪ ɪŋtry·ing

Princeton's WordNet(2.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. trying(adj)

   hard to endure

   "fell upon trying times"

2. nerve-racking, nerve-wracking, stressful, trying(adj)

   extremely irritating to the nerves

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

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. trying(Adjective)

   Difficult to endure; arduous.

2. trying(Adjective)

   Irritating, stressful or bothersome.

Webster Dictionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Trying

   of Try

2. Trying(adj)

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

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

How to pronounce trying?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say trying in sign language?

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. Tara Kuczykowski:

   They're trying to draw the crowds in there. Buy the limit. For a penny or a few cents it makes sense.

2. Sayuri Shirai:

   It doesn't make sense to deepen negative interest rates and hurt banks when you're actually trying to encourage them to lend more, it's a tool that is very hard to use at a time like now.

3. Julian Edelman:

   My head was down, just trying to go out and try to win ball games and help the team, tough times don't last, tough people do.

4. North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum:

   If you have an outbreak and you want to stay open then we have to do the targeted approach, we are trying to get more things open, not close more things down.

5. Laury Hammel:

   You're talking to a desperate man right now, i'm in here every day, 6 in the morning till 7 or 8 at night, because I'm trying to save this business.

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