trial

Plural: trials

Noun

• A formal examination of evidence in court to decide guilt.
• 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"
• trying something to find out about it
  • "a sample for ten days free trial"
  • "a trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain"
• the act of undergoing testing
  • "candidates must compete in a trial of skill"
• (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"
• (sports) a preliminary competition to determine qualifications
  • "the trials for the semifinals began yesterday"
• an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event
  • "his mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him"
• An occasion on which a person or thing is tested to find out how well they perform or how suitable they are.
• An occasion on which a person or thing is tested to find out how well they perform or how suitable they are.
• The testing of a product or procedure.
• An occasion on which a person or thing is tested to find out how well they perform or how suitable they are.
• A research study to test the effectiveness and safety of a drug, medical procedure, etc.
• An occasion on which a person or thing is tested to find out how well they perform or how suitable they are.
• An event in which athletes’ or animals’ abilities are tested as they compete for a place on a team, or to move on to the next level of a championship, for example.
• An occasion on which a person or thing is tested to find out how well they perform or how suitable they are.
• A piece of ware used to test the heat of a kiln.
• An occasion on which a person or thing is tested to find out how well they perform or how suitable they are.
• An internal examination set by Eton College.
• An occasion on which a person or thing is tested to find out how well they perform or how suitable they are.
• An occasion on which armies or individuals meet in combat.
• A meeting or series of meetings in a court of law at which evidence is presented to a judge (and sometimes a jury) to allow them to decide on a legal matter (especially whether an accused person is guilty of a crime).
• A difficult or annoying experience or person; (especially religion) such an experience seen as a test of faith and piety.
• The action of trying (to do) something, especially more than once. (This sense is still current in the expression trial and error.)
• The trial number.

Adj

• Pertaining to a trial or test.
• Attempted on a provisional or experimental basis.
• Characterized by having three (usually equivalent) components.
• Triple.
• Pertaining to a language form referring to three of something, like people. (See Ambai language for an example.)

Verb

• To carry out a series of tests on (a new product, procedure etc.) before marketing or implementing it.
• To try out (a new player) in a sports team.

Examples

• Every challenged word in Scrabble goes to a ’TRIAL’ by dictionary, deciding its validity.
• He was charged with war crimes and brought to trial before the International Tribunal.
• If you are convicted at trial, you have the right to file an appeal.
• No language has a trial number unless it has a dual.
• That boy was a trial to his parents.
• The journalists have been held in custody for three years without trial.
• The team trialled a new young goalkeeper in Saturday's match, with mixed results.
• The warning system was extensively trialed before being fitted to all our vehicles.

Synonyms

run, test, trial run, tribulation, tryout, visitation, attempt#Noun, clinical trial, court case, try#Noun

Related Words

dual, grammatical number, paucal, plural, quadral, quintal, singular

Anagrams of trial