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Meaning of Trying | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A1 Common
ˈtɹaɪ.ɪŋ

Definitions

  1. Try.
  2. The act by which one tries something; an attempt.

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Examples

“In a variety of places, O'Shaughnessy argues that there is an internal relation between trying and the events that tryings produce. For example, he argues that tryings are not independently specifiable except as would-be causes of physical events.”
“When I write with others, the pauses and manyfold attempts to get at an idea mirror the cadence of a conversation or the tryings of finding a word that evades the tongue. That searching is such a beautiful thing.”

CEFR level

A1
Beginner
This word is part of the CEFR A1 vocabulary — beginner level.
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