'Trial' definitions:
Definition of 'trial'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of testing something; "in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately"; "he called each flip of the coin a new trial" [syn: test, trial, run]
noun
Trying something to find out about it; "a sample for ten days free trial"; "a trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain" [syn: trial, trial run, test, tryout]
noun
The act of undergoing testing; "he survived the great test of battle"; "candidates must compete in a trial of skill" [syn: test, trial]
noun
(law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law; "he had a fair trial and the jury found him guilty"; "most of these complaints are settled before they go to trial"
noun
(sports) a preliminary competition to determine qualifications; "the trials for the semifinals began yesterday"
noun
An annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event; "his mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him"; "life is full of tribulations"; "a visitation of the plague" [syn: trial, tribulation, visitation]
Definition of 'Trial'
From: GCIDE
- Trial \Tri"al\, n. [From Try.]
- 1. The act of trying or testing in any manner. Specifically:
- [1913 Webster] (a) Any effort or exertion of strength for the purpose of ascertaining what can be done or effected. [1913 Webster]
- [I] defy thee to the trial of mortal fight. --Milton. [1913 Webster] (b) The act of testing by experience; proof; test. [1913 Webster]
- Repeated trials of the issues and events of actions. --Bp. Wilkins. [1913 Webster] (c) Examination by a test; experiment, as in chemistry, metallurgy, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The state of being tried or tempted; exposure to suffering that tests strength, patience, faith, or the like; affliction or temptation that exercises and proves the graces or virtues of men. [1913 Webster]
- Others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings. --Heb. xi. 36. [1913 Webster]
- 3. That which tries or afflicts; that which harasses; that which tries the character or principles; that which tempts to evil; as, his child's conduct was a sore trial. [1913 Webster]
- Every station is exposed to some trials. --Rogers. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Law) The formal examination of the matter in issue in a cause before a competent tribunal; the mode of determining a question of fact in a court of law; the examination, in legal form, of the facts in issue in a cause pending before a competent tribunal, for the purpose of determining such issue. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Test; attempt; endeavor; effort; experiment; proof; essay. See Test, and Attempt. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'trial'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acid test,
- adverse circumstances,
- adversity,
- affliction,
- aggravation,
- agony,
- anguish,
- annoyance,
- approach,
- arrangement,
- assay,
- assize,
- attempt,
- audition,
- bad luck,
- bad news,
- bane,
- basic training,
- bedevilment,
- bid,
- blank determination,
- blight,
- blue book,
- bore,
- bother,
- botheration,
- bothersomeness,
- bout,
- briefing,
- brouillon,
- bummer,
- calvary,
- care,
- change of venue,
- check,
- checking,
- clearing the decks,
- complication,
- concours,
- conditional,
- contest,
- control,
- control experiment,
- controlled experiment,
- court-martial,
- crack,
- crashing bore,
- criterion,
- cross,
- cross-examination,
- crown of thorns,
- crucial test,
- crucible,
- curse,
- cut and try,
- cut-and-try,
- deltoid,
- derby,
- determination,
- determined,
- devilment,
- difficulties,
- difficulty,
- distress,
- docimasy,
- dogging,
- downer,
- drag,
- dry run,
- dual,
- effort,
- empirical,
- empiricism,
- encounter,
- endeavor,
- engagement,
- enquiry,
- equipment,
- essay,
- exam,
- examen,
- examination,
- exasperation,
- experiment,
- experimental,
- experimental design,
- experimental method,
- experimental proof,
- experimentalism,
- experimentation,
- exploratory,
- familiarization,
- fan-shaped,
- feeling out,
- fiery ordeal,
- fight,
- final,
- final examination,
- first draft,
- fixing,
- fling,
- foundation,
- gambit,
- game,
- games,
- go,
- great go,
- grief,
- groundwork,
- gymkhana,
- harassment,
- hard knocks,
- hard life,
- hard lot,
- hard luck,
- hard times,
- hardcase,
- hardship,
- harrying,
- hassle,
- headache,
- hearing,
- heartbreak,
- heuristic,
- hit and miss,
- hit-or-miss,
- honors,
- hounding,
- inquest,
- inquiry,
- inquisition,
- irritant,
- irritation,
- joust,
- jury trial,
- kiteflying,
- lawsuit,
- lick,
- litigation,
- makeready,
- making ready,
- manufacture,
- match,
- matching,
- meet,
- meeting,
- midsemester,
- midterm,
- misery,
- misfortune,
- mistrial,
- mobilization,
- molestation,
- move,
- noble experiment,
- nuisance,
- number,
- offer,
- Olympic games,
- Olympics,
- oral,
- oral examination,
- ordeal,
- persecution,
- pest,
- pilot,
- plague,
- planning,
- plight,
- plural,
- pragmatism,
- prearrangement,
- predicament,
- prelim,
- preliminaries,
- preliminary,
- preliminary act,
- preliminary step,
- prep,
- preparation,
- preparatory study,
- preparing,
- prepping,
- prerequisite,
- pressure,
- pretreatment,
- probation,
- probationary,
- probative,
- probatory,
- problem,
- processing,
- proof,
- propaedeutic,
- proving,
- provision,
- provisional,
- quiz,
- R and D,
- rally,
- readying,
- rencontre,
- research and development,
- resolute,
- rigor,
- rough draft,
- rough sketch,
- rule of thumb,
- sample,
- sea of troubles,
- shot,
- singular,
- sorrow,
- sounding out,
- spadework,
- stab,
- standard,
- step,
- stress,
- stress of life,
- stroke,
- strong bid,
- suffering,
- take-home examination,
- tentative,
- tentative method,
- tentativeness,
- test,
- test case,
- testing,
- three,
- three-in-one,
- tilt,
- touchstone,
- tournament,
- tourney,
- training,
- treatment,
- triadic,
- trial and error,
- trial by jury,
- trial run,
- trial-and-error,
- trials and tribulations,
- triangular,
- tribulation,
- trinal,
- trine,
- triple,
- triplex,
- tripos,
- triune,
- trouble,
- troubles,
- try,
- trying,
- tryout,
- undertaking,
- vale of tears,
- venture,
- venturesome,
- verification,
- verificatory,
- vexation,
- vexatiousness,
- vicissitude,
- visitation,
- viva,
- warm-up,
- whack,
- whirl,
- willing,
- woe,
- worriment,
- worry,
- written,
- written examination
Words containing 'Trial'
- on trial,
- State trial,
- To put to trial,
- To stand trial,
- Trial at bar,
- Trial balance,
- Trial by certificate,
- Trial by duel,
- Trial by inspection,
- Trial by record,
- Trial of the pyx,
- by trial and error,
- clinical trial,
- field trial,
- preclinical trial,
- scopes trial,
- show trial,
- trial and error,
- trial attorney,
- trial balloon,
- trial by ordeal,
- trial court,
- trial impression,
- trial judge,
- trial lawyer,
- trial period,
- trial run,
- phase i clinical trial,
- rule of trial and error,
- trial-and-error,
- phase ii clinical trial,
- phase iii clinical trial,
- phase iv clinical trial,
- right to speedy and public trial by jury