Definitions for trial
trial
tri·al
Spelling: [trahy-uh l, trahyl]
IPA: /ˈtraɪ əl, traɪl/
Trial is a 5 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.
You can make 75 anagrams from letters in trial (ailrt).
Definitions for trial
noun
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Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
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the act of trying, testing, or putting to the proof.
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test; proof.
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an attempt or effort to do something.
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a tentative or experimental action in order to ascertain results; experiment.
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the state or position of a person or thing being tried or tested; probation.
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subjection to suffering or grievous experiences; a distressed or painful state:
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an affliction or trouble.
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a trying, distressing, or annoying thing or person.
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Ceramics. a piece of ceramic material used to try the heat of a kiln and the progress of the firing of its contents.
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German Der Prozess. a novel (1925) by Franz Kafka.
Idioms
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on trial,
undergoing examination before a judicial tribunal.
undergoing a probationary or trial period.
adjective
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of, relating to, or employed in a trial.
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done or made by way of trial, proof, or experiment.
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used in testing, experimenting, etc.
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acting or serving as a sample, experimental specimen, etc.:
Origin of trial
First recorded in 1520-30; try + -al2
Examples for trial
This is the hope that beckons us onward in this century of trial.
We would advise all who are about to begin the study of languages to give it a trial.
You see, Burke, you couldn't in a trial even repeat what he told you.
And then, when the cover was removed, came the time of trial to your correspondent.
Seventy-two adults between the ages of 18 and 50 are participating in the trial, led by the pediatrics department at Oxford.
Just a month from that date, he now no longer believes that to be realistic, and will no longer estimate a timeline for the trial.
The next phase of the trial consists of vaccinating Ebola workers on the front lines.
Meanwhile, almost exactly 30 years after the trial, the judge left his home to board a steamboat and was never heard from again.
It is true that he hath not come to trial, but the trial hath come to him.
They added that the shutdown was temporary and they plan to resume the trial in January.