trial

1. n. The act of trying or testing in any manner. Source: opted

2. n. Any effort or exertion of strength for the purpose of ascertaining what can be done or effected. Source: opted

3. n. The act of testing by experience; proof; test. Source: opted

4. n. Examination by a test; experiment, as in chemistry, metallurgy, etc. Source: opted

5. n. 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. Source: opted

6. n. 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. Source: opted

7. n. 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. Source: opted

8. n. the act of testing something Source: wordnet

9. n. trying something to find out about it Source: wordnet

10. n. the act of undergoing testing Source: wordnet

11. n. (law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law Source: wordnet

12. n. (sports) a preliminary competition to determine qualifications Source: wordnet

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