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- pronunciation:
- traI
l
- parts of speech:
- noun, adjective
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer
part of speech: |
noun |
definition 1: |
in law, an examination of evidence presented to a judicial tribunal, usu. in order to determine a person's guilt or innocence.
- similar words:
- examination, hearing, inquiry, inquisition
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definition 2: |
the act or process of testing.
- synonyms:
- experiment, test, tryout
- similar words:
- dry run, road test, trial and error, try
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definition 3: |
an attempt.
- synonyms:
- attempt, effort, essay, try
- similar words:
- bid, endeavor, go, struggle, undertaking, venture, whirl
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definition 4: |
a subjection to suffering, pain, or hardship.
She has endured many trials in her life.- synonyms:
- adversity, hardship, misfortune, ordeal, tribulation, trouble
- antonyms:
- joy
- similar words:
- burden, cross, distress, fire, misadventure, misery, pain, sorrow, torment, woe
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definition 5: |
a person or thing that taxes one's patience.
- synonyms:
- annoyance, bother, hassle, headache, nuisance, pest, vexation
- similar words:
- gadfly, pain, thorn
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related words: |
adversity, affliction, case, check, chore, despair, effort, event, experiment, grief, mishap, ordeal, push, trouble, weight, yoke |
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part of speech: |
adjective |
definition 1: |
of or relating to a trial.
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definition 2: |
accomplished or done by way of a trial or experiment.
- synonyms:
- experimental, model, pilot
- similar words:
- tentative
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definition 3: |
serving as a sample in an experiment.
a trial specimen- synonyms:
- sample
- similar words:
- experimental, pilot
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related words: |
sample |
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