trial
Part of speech: noun
adj
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: ceramics
chemistry
engineering
law
medicine
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From Middle English trial, triall, from Anglo-Norman trial, triel, from trier (“to pick out, cull”) + -al. More at English try.
Inflected forms:
form: trials
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: trials
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: trialing
pos: verb
tags: US
participle
present
form: trialling
pos: verb
tags: UK
participle
present
form: trialed
pos: verb
tags: US
participle
past
form: trialed
pos: verb
tags: US
past
form: trialled
pos: verb
tags: UK
participle
past
form: trialled
pos: verb
tags: UK
past
Senses:
gloss: An occasion on which a person or thing is tested to find out how well they perform or how suitable they are.
pos: noun
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.
gloss: An occasion on which a person or thing is tested to find out how well they perform or how suitable they are.
pos: noun
examples: They will perform the trials for the new equipment next week.
gloss: An occasion on which a person or thing is tested to find out how well they perform or how suitable they are.
pos: noun
examples: A randomized, controlled trial (RCT).
gloss: An occasion on which a person or thing is tested to find out how well they perform or how suitable they are.
pos: noun
examples: soccer trials; sheepdog trials
gloss: An occasion on which a person or thing is tested to find out how well they perform or how suitable they are.
pos: noun
gloss: An occasion on which a person or thing is tested to find out how well they perform or how suitable they are.
pos: noun
tags: UK
gloss: An occasion on which a person or thing is tested to find out how well they perform or how suitable they are.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
examples: In both your armies there is many a soul / Shall pay full dearly for this encounter, / If once they join in trial.
gloss: 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).
pos: noun
examples: 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.
gloss: A difficult or annoying experience or person; (especially religion) such an experience seen as a test of faith and piety.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
gloss: The action of trying (to do) something, especially more than once. (This sense is still current in the expression trial and error.)
pos: noun
tags: archaic
examples: 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.
gloss: Pertaining to a trial or test.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Attempted on a provisional or experimental basis.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: To carry out a series of tests on (a new product, procedure etc.) before marketing or implementing it.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The warning system was extensively trialed before being fitted to all our vehicles.
In the week beginning April 6, the company began trialling the new processes - these include greater spacing, split shifts, additional safety requirements and washing facilities.
gloss: To try out (a new player) in a sports team.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The team trialled a new young goalkeeper in Saturday's match, with mixed results.
Derived words: bench trial
civil trial
clinical trial
counter-trial
fair trial
field trial
free trial
jury trial
kilotrial
monkey trial
on trial
on trial for one's life
pre-trial
pseudotrial
reverse trial
sea trial
show trial
teletrial
time trial
trialability
trial balance
trial-balloon
trial by jury
trial by media
trial by ordeal
trial court
trial de novo
trial division
trialism
trial number
trial of scar
trial of void
trial pit
trial run
trialwise
under-trial
intertrial
intratrial
make trial of
megatrial
midtrial
minitrial
mistrial
nontrial
posttrial
pretrial
put on trial
retrial
stand trial
subtrial
trialable
trial and error
trial balloon
trial by combat
trial by fire
trial impression
trialist
trialler
trialless
trials and tribulations
trial separation
trialware
undertrial
untrialled
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: تَجْرِبَة
roman: tajriba
lang: Arabic
word: مُحَاوَلَة
roman: muḥāwala
lang: Armenian
word: փորձ
roman: pʻorj
lang: Armenian
word: փորձարկում
roman: pʻorjarkum
lang: Azerbaijani
word: sınaq
lang: Belarusian
word: выпрабава́нне
roman: vyprabavánnje
lang: Belarusian
word: во́пыт
roman: vópyt
lang: Belarusian
word: про́ба
roman: próba
lang: Belarusian
word: до́след
roman: dósljed
lang: Belarusian
word: эксперыме́нт
roman: ekspjerymjént
lang: Bulgarian
word: изпита́ние
roman: izpitánie
lang: Bulgarian
word: о́пит
roman: ópit
lang: Bulgarian
word: про́ба
roman: próba
lang: Bulgarian
word: изпро́бване
roman: izpróbvane
lang: Catalan
word: prova
lang: Catalan
word: assaig
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 考驗 /考验
roman: kǎoyàn
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 試驗 /试验
roman: shìyàn
lang: Czech
word: zkouška
lang: Danish
word: test
lang: Dutch
word: proef
lang: Dutch
word: test
lang: Finnish
word: koetus
lang: Finnish
word: koe
lang: Finnish
word: koestus
lang: Finnish
word: testi
lang: Finnish
word: testaus
lang: Finnish
word: testaaminen
lang: French
word: essai
lang: German
word: Versuch
lang: German
word: Prüfung
lang: German
word: Probe
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌺𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃
roman: kustus
lang: Greek
word: δοκιμή
roman: dokimí
lang: Ancient Greek
word: πεῖρα
roman: peîra
lang: Hebrew
word: ניסיון \ נִסָּיוֹן
roman: nisayón
lang: Hindi
word: परीक्षण
roman: parīkṣaṇ
lang: Hungarian
word: próba
lang: Hungarian
word: teszt
lang: Hungarian
word: kísérlet
lang: Indonesian
word: percobaan
lang: Indonesian
word: uji coba
lang: Irish
word: tástáil
lang: Italian
word: prova
lang: Italian
word: test
lang: Italian
word: cimento
lang: Italian
word: rischio
lang: Japanese
word: 試験
roman: shiken
lang: Japanese
word: 試し
roman: tameshi
lang: Khmer
word: បរីក្សា
roman: paʼreksaa
lang: Korean
word: 시험
roman: siheom
lang: Latin
word: periculum
lang: Latin
word: experimentum
lang: Macedonian
word: о́пит
roman: ópit
lang: Macedonian
word: о́бид
roman: óbid
lang: Macedonian
word: про́ба
roman: próba
lang: Malay
word: percubaan
lang: Malayalam
word: പരീക്ഷണം
roman: parīkṣaṇaṁ
lang: Persian
word: آزمایش
roman: âzmâyeš
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Proow
lang: Polish
word: próba
lang: Polish
word: test
lang: Portuguese
word: ensaio
lang: Portuguese
word: prova
lang: Portuguese
word: experiência
lang: Portuguese
word: experimento
lang: Russian
word: испыта́ние
roman: ispytánije
lang: Russian
word: о́пыт
roman: ópyt
lang: Russian
word: про́ба
roman: próba
lang: Russian
word: экспериме́нт
roman: eksperimént
lang: Sanskrit
word: परीक्षा
roman: parīkṣā
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: dearbhadh
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: по̀кус
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: про́ба
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pòkus
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: próba
lang: Slovak
word: skúška
lang: Slovene
word: poskus
lang: Spanish
word: ensayo
lang: Spanish
word: prueba
lang: Spanish
word: probatura
lang: Spanish
word: cotejo
lang: Swedish
word: test
lang: Turkish
word: deney
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: فتنه
roman: fitne
lang: Ukrainian
word: випро́бування
roman: vypróbuvannja
lang: Ukrainian
word: до́слід
roman: dóslid
lang: Ukrainian
word: експериме́нт
roman: eksperymént
lang: Ukrainian
word: спро́ба
roman: spróba
lang: Urdu
word: جانْچ
roman: jānc
lang: Urdu
word: آزْمَائِشْ
roman: āzmāiś
lang: Vietnamese
word: thử nghiệm
lang: Finnish
word: karsinnat