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Trying

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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