trial
An occasion on which a person or thing is tested to find out how well they perform or how suitable they are.
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
The testing of a product or procedure.
(medicine, sciences, research) A research study to test the effectiveness and safety of a drug, medical procedure, etc.
An event in which athletes’ or animals’ abilities are tested as they compete for a place on a team, or to move on to the next level of a championship, for example.
(ceramics) A piece of ware used to test the heat of a kiln.
(UK) An internal examination set by Eton College.
(archaic) An occasion on which armies or individuals meet in combat.
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).
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.
A difficult or annoying experience or person; (religion) such an experience seen as a test of faith and piety.
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.
(archaic) The action of trying (to do) something, especially more than once.
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.
Pertaining to a trial or test.
Attempted on a provisional or experimental basis.
To carry out a series of tests on (a new product, procedure etc.) before marketing or implementing it.
To try out (a new player) in a sports team.
Characterized by having three (usually equivalent) components.
Triple.
(grammar) Pertaining to a language form referring to three of something, like people.
(grammar) The trial number.
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