trial
Definitions
- The trial number.
- process
- 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.
- lawsuit
- A research study to test the effectiveness and safety of a drug, medical procedure, etc.
- 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.
- first-person singular present indicative of procesar
- A piece of ware used to test the heat of a kiln.
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An internal examination set by Eton College. UK
- 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.)
Equivalents
44 more languages
Suomihaastekäräjätkoekoestaakoettelemuskoetuskoitoskokeellinenkolmikkooikeudenkäyntiprosessitestatatestitriaali
Galegoxuízo
ქართულისასამართლო
Русскийиспытаниеиспыта́тельныйнеприятностьпробныйпроцессразбирательствосудтройственныйэкспериментальный
Ikinyarwandaurubanza
Shqipgjyq
Тоҷикӣмаҳкама
ไทยไตรพจน์
Tagalogpaglilitis
اردوامتحان
Examples
“all thy vexations / Were but my trials of thy love⟳ and thou / Hast strangely stood the test⟳ here”
“had my powers been less limited, I might have⟳ enforced obedience; but as it was, it was but a trial of strength between her and me, in which she generally came off victorious”
“Jama saw⟳ the sweaty, smelly work⟳ as a kind of test⟳ that, if passed, would entitle him to see⟳ his father, a trial of his worth as a son and as a man.”
“They will perform⟳ the trials for the new equipment next week.”
“A randomized, controlled trial (RCT).”
“soccer trials; sheepdog trials”
“In both your armies there is many a soul / Shall pay⟳ full dearly for this encounter, / If once they join⟳ in trial.”
“If you are convicted at trial, you have⟳ the right to file⟳ an appeal.”
“He was charged with war crimes and brought to trial before the International Tribunal.”
“The journalists have⟳ been held in custody for three years without trial.”
“as she hath / Been publicly accused, so shall she have⟳ / A just and open⟳ trial”
“She, after form⟳ of trial condemned to die⟳ on the scaffold, / Patiently met her doom at the foot of the statue of Justice.”
“[…] this case should never have⟳ come⟳ to trial.”
“2020, Charles Yu, Interior Chinatown, New York: Pantheon, Act VI, Your Honor, we object to all of this. The whole thing. This mock trial. The entire justice system is rigged against my client.”
“That boy was a trial to his parents.”
“That they are Cowards, many have⟳ said, but few have⟳ found it so in the time of Trial.”
“Poor Justine was very ill; but other trials were reserved for her.”
“I’m afraid I’m going to be a dreadful trial to you. Maybe you’d better send⟳ me back to the asylum.”
“[…] I’m not used […] to waiting hungry on others while they eat⟳. It is a sore trial for a hobbit, that.”
“You must be strong now, for your greatest trials are still ahead.”
“Finding my first Seed did not grow⟳, which I easily imagin’d was by the Drought, I sought for a moister Piece of Ground to make⟳ another Trial in,”
“He summoned up all his strength for one last⟳ trial, and bent his faltering steps towards [the house].”
“After a dozen trials he succeeded in lighting the lantern,”
“Before the first living cell was created, there may have⟳ been many trials and failures.”
CEFR level
A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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