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trial

/ trial /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
(law) legal proceedings consisting of the judicial examination of issues by a competent tribunal
"most of these complaints are settled before they go to trial"
Type of:
proceeding legal proceeding proceedings
Kinds of:
mistrial retrial
Domain:
law jurisprudence
noun Sense 2
(law) the determination of a person''s innocence or guilt by due process of law
"he had a fair trial and the jury found him guilty"
Type of:
proceeding legal proceeding proceedings
Kinds of:
court-martial ordeal trial by ordeal Scopes trial show trial
Derived:
judge adjudicate try
Domain:
law jurisprudence
noun Sense 3
trying something to find out about it
"a sample for ten days free trial"
"a trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain"
Type of:
experiment experimentation
Kinds of:
field trial field test alpha test beta test road test
Derived:
test prove try try out examine
noun Sense 4
an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event
"his mother-in-law''s visits were a great trial for him"
"life is full of tribulations"
"a visitation of the plague"
Type of:
affliction
Kinds of:
fire
Derived:
inflict bring down visit impose tribulate
noun Sense 5
(sports) a preliminary competition to determine qualifications
"the trials for the semifinals began yesterday"
Type of:
contest competition
Domain:
sport athletics
noun Sense 6
the act of testing something
"in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately"
"he called each flip of the coin a new trial"
Type of:
attempt effort endeavor
Kinds of:
assay clinical trial clinical test double blind preclinical trial
Derived:
move go run test
noun Sense 7
the act of undergoing testing
"he survived the great test of battle"
"candidates must compete in a trial of skill"
Type of:
attempt effort endeavor
Derived:
test prove try try out examine
Semantic Complexity
83%
Sense Count
7
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
57
Times Searched
3
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proceeding legal proceeding proceedings mistrial retrial court-martial ordeal trial by ordeal Scopes trial show trial experiment experimentation