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trial
[trahy-uhl, trahyl]
noun
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.
the act of trying, testing, or putting to the proof.
Synonyms:test; proof.
Synonyms:an attempt or effort to do something.
Synonyms: , ,a tentative or experimental action in order to ascertain results; experiment.
Synonyms:the state or position of a person or thing being tried or tested; probation.
subjection to suffering or grievous experiences; a distressed or painful state.
comfort in the hour of trial.
Synonyms: , , , , ,an affliction or trouble.
a trying, distressing, or annoying thing or person.
Ceramics.a piece of ceramic material used to try the heat of a kiln and the progress of the firing of its contents.
adjective
of, relating to, or employed in a trial.
done or made by way of trial, proof, or experiment.
used in testing, experimenting, etc.
acting or serving as a sample, experimental specimen, etc..
a trial offer.
trial
1/ ˈٰɪə, traɪl /
noun
the act or an instance of trying or proving; test or experiment
( as modifier )
a trial run
law
the judicial examination of the issues in a civil or criminal cause by a competent tribunal and the determination of these issues in accordance with the law of the land
the determination of an accused person's guilt or innocence after hearing evidence for the prosecution and for the accused and the judicial examination of the issues involved
( as modifier )
trial proceedings
an effort or attempt to do something
we had three trials at the climb
trouble or grief
an annoying or frustrating person or thing
(often plural) a competition for individuals
sheepdog trials
a motorcycling competition in which the skills of the riders are tested over rough ground
ceramics a piece of sample material used for testing the heat of a kiln and its effects
undergoing trial, esp before a court of law
being tested, as before a commitment to purchase
verb
(tr) to test or make experimental use of (something)
the idea has been trialled in several schools
trial
2/ ˈٰɪə /
noun
a grammatical number occurring in some languages for words in contexts where exactly three of their referents are described or referred to
(modifier) relating to or inflected for this number
Other 51Թ Forms
- intertrial adjective
- nontrial noun
- posttrial adjective
- retrial noun
- self-trial noun
- ˈٰԲ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of trial1
Origin of trial2
Idioms and Phrases
on trial,
undergoing examination before a judicial tribunal.
undergoing a probationary or trial period.
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Example Sentences
Fully fresh, Mills said this was the first 5,000m race he had attempted to "time trial" for 18 months - and it paid off.
That cellmate provided a declaration stating he had stolen privileged legal documents and delivered them to a BOP investigator who copied them and sent them for use by prosecutors in both of Kelly’s trials.
The warrant, which has been viewed by The Times, states that once Brown is arrested, he will be held on a $10,000 bond before being released and under house arrest before a trial.
"Two men have been charged with breaching the same conditions as well as inciting others to do so. They will stand trial next month. A further two individuals remain under investigation."
During the trial, jurors heard voice messages sent by Sheen to Fred Doe, a Berkshire businessman who was convicted for conspiring to sell the gold in March.
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When To Use
In general, a trial is a test or an experiment.Most commonly, the word refers to a criminal trial in a courtroom before a judge and jury. It is also often used in a scientific context to refer to things like clinical trials and drug trials. It can also refer to a hardship. It is commonly used in phrases like trial and error and trial by fire. It is most commonly used as a noun but it can also be used as an adjective and a verb.Example: There are 500 people participating in our research trial for a new heart medication.
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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