Definitions of trial

  1. of the nature of or undergoing an experiment; " an experimental drug"; " a pilot project"; " a test run"; " a trial separation"
  5. ( sports) a preliminary competition to determine qualifications; " the trials for the semifinals began yesterday"
  9. The act of trying or testing in any manner.
  11. The act of testing by experience; proof; test.
  12. Examination by a test; experiment, as in chemistry, metallurgy, etc.
  16. The act of testing or proving; state of being tested; an attempt or endeavor; an experiment; an examination by test or experience; hardship; suffering or temptation; a judicial examination; as, a trial in court.
  17. A trying: the act of trying: examination by a test: the state of being tried: suffering: temptation: judicial examination: attempt.
  18. Act of trying; test; judicial investigation; suffering; attempt.
  19. The act of trying, or the state of being tried; judicial examination.
  20. Affliction; hardship.
  21. Any effort or exertion of strength for the purpose of ascertaining its effect; examination by a test; experiment; experience; suffering that tests virtue; temptation; the state of being tried; the judicial examination of a cause between parties, Trial at bar, a species of trial in difficult cases, which takes place before all the judges at the bar of the court. See Try.
  22. Any effort or exercise to ascertain what can be done; an attempt; an endeavour; examination by test or experiment; experience; any suffering or temptation that puts strength or virtue to the test; affiction; the formal examination before a judge by means of witnesses in a court of law, as to whether certain alleged facts or charges are true or untrue.

Usage examples for trial

  1. Jack saw the trial and was puzzled. – The Second String by Nat Gould
  2. Thus ended the great trial. – Archibald Malmaison by Julian Hawthorne
  3. He was now working on trial for a week, but whether giving satisfaction or no they did not learn. – The Spinners by Eden Phillpotts
  4. And the longer a trial is about and the greater the interest, the more chance a man has to escape. – Phineas Redux by Anthony Trollope
  5. What, did you intend to leave him alone in the hardest trial of his life? – The Children of the World by Paul Heyse
  6. At least, she must make the trial.... – Hypatia or, New Foes with an Old Face by Charles Kingsley
  7. Now we shall learn what Hellgum meant when he wrote in his last letter that a great trial of our faith was before us. – Jerusalem by Selma LagerlÃ¶f
  8. 9511. Are you not satisfied with your first year's trial here? – Second Shetland Truck System Report by William Guthrie
  9. And then came the trial! – Pamela Giraud by Honore de Balzac
  10. His trial was a form. – The Theory of Social Revolutions by Brooks Adams
  11. But you've made a fair trial and it's of no use. – Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 by Lucy Maud Montgomery
  12. There had been already one trial of strength with him which had not been entirely successful. – The Hero of Garside School by J. Harwood Panting
  13. Now that it was put to the trial, she found that she had no power, even over her own daughter. – Castle Richmond by Anthony Trollope
  14. His trial comes up next week. – A Fool and His Money by George Barr McCutcheon
  15. But the trial was naturally a mere form. – The Clique of Gold by Emile Gaboriau
  16. 137; trial of i. – Walks in Rome by Augustus J.C. Hare
  17. I have tried- my trial is made too! – The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 by Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett
  18. At any rate it's worth a trial. – Cleek: the Man of the Forty Faces by Thomas W. Hanshew
  19. And no man shall say me nay, if I will that this stranger make trial of it. – The Story Of The Odyssey by The Rev. Alfred J. Church
  20. Then there will be another trial. – In the Wilderness by Robert Hichens