trial

Meaning of trial

noun
  1. a formal examination of evidence by a judge, typically before a jury, in order to decide guilt in a case of criminal or civil proceedings.
    the newspaper accounts of the trial
    the editor was summoned to stand trial for libel
  2. a test of the performance, qualities, or suitability of someone or something.
    clinical trials must establish whether the new hip replacements are working
  3. a person, experience, or situation that tests a person's endurance or forbearance.
    the trials and tribulations of married life
verb
  1. test (something, especially a new product) to assess its suitability or performance.
    teachers all over the UK are trialling the materials
  2. (of a horse, dog, or other animal) compete in trials.
    the pup trialled on Saturday

late Middle English (as a noun): from Anglo-Norman French, or from medieval Latin triallum . The verb dates from the 1980s.

Information about trial

Hyphenation of trial

trial

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • trial is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

trial synonyms

Meaning test:

test, run

Meaning trial run:

test, tryout

Meaning tribulation:

tribulation, visitation

Meaning a legal action, especially one to be decided in a court of law:

case

Meaning a claim or dispute brought to a law court for adjudication:

lawsuit

Meaning a lawsuit:

suit

Meaning an act of listening to evidence in a court of law or before an official, especially a trial before a judge without a jury:

hearing

Meaning an act of asking for information:

inquiry

Meaning a body established to settle certain types of dispute:

tribunal

Meaning the process of taking legal action:

litigation

Meaning an event or a series of activities involving a set procedure:

proceedings

Meaning a serious, urgent, or heartfelt request:

appeal

Meaning a second or further trial on the same issues and with the same parties:

retrial

Meaning a scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact:

experiment

Meaning a detailed inspection or study:

examination

Meaning an examination to test or ascertain accuracy, quality, or satisfactory condition:

check

Meaning the action of assessing someone or something:

assessment

Meaning the making of a judgement about the amount, number, or value of something; assessment:

evaluation

Meaning an act of assessing something or someone:

appraisal

Meaning a process of testing or observing the character or abilities of a person who is new to a role or job:

probation

Meaning revealing a person's capabilities by putting them under strain; challenging:

testing

Meaning an interview for a role or job as a singer, actor, dancer, or musician, consisting of a practical demonstration of the candidate's suitability and skill:

audition

Meaning the testing of a metal or ore to determine its ingredients and quality:

assay

Meaning a person or thing causing inconvenience or annoyance:

nuisance

Meaning an annoying person or thing; a nuisance:

pest

Meaning a person or thing that causes annoyance or difficulty:

bother

Meaning a thing that is continually annoying or distracting:

irritant

Meaning a source of anxiety:

worry

Meaning a matter or situation regarded as unwelcome or harmful and needing to be dealt with and overcome:

problem

Meaning a cause of trouble or difficulty:

inconvenience

Meaning the state of being annoyed, frustrated, or worried:

vexation

Meaning a contagious bacterial disease characterized by fever and delirium, typically with the formation of buboes ( bubonic plague ) and sometimes infection of the lungs ( pneumonic plague ):

plague

Meaning the hollow part inside a gun barrel or other tube:

bore

Meaning an annoying or tedious person or thing:

pain

Meaning a continuous pain in the head:

headache

Meaning a boring or tiresome person or thing:

drag

Meaning a small round mass of solid medicine for swallowing whole:

pill

Meaning a frightening or unpleasant dream:

nightmare

Meaning a splinter or sliver of wood:

skelf

Meaning a pestering, nagging, or irritating person; a bore:

nudnik

Meaning a small bubble on the skin filled with serum and caused by friction, burning, or other damage:

blister

Meaning difficulty or problems:

trouble

Meaning a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something with an uncertain outcome:

anxiety

Meaning a duty or misfortune that causes worry, hardship, or distress:

burden

Meaning the state of being in pain:

affliction

Meaning a very unpleasant and prolonged experience:

ordeal

Meaning a difficult or unpleasant situation:

adversity

Meaning severe suffering or privation:

hardship

Meaning an event causing great suffering, destruction, and distress, such as a serious accident, crime, or natural catastrophe:

tragedy

Meaning emotional shock following a stressful event or a physical injury, which may lead to long-term neurosis:

trauma

Meaning a complete change of direction or action:

reverse

Meaning a reversal or check in progress:

setback

Meaning the state or condition of being difficult:

difficulty

Meaning an unfortunate condition or event:

misfortune

Meaning an unlucky accident:

mishap

Meaning an unfortunate incident; a mishap:

misadventure

Meaning the state of undergoing pain, distress, or hardship:

suffering

Meaning extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain:

distress

Meaning a cause or source of great distress or discomfort:

misery

Meaning the feeling of not being happy; sadness:

unhappiness

Meaning the condition or quality of being sad:

sadness

Meaning things that cause sorrow or distress; troubles:

woe

Meaning intense sorrow, especially caused by someone's death:

grief

Meaning irritating inconvenience:

hassle

Meaning engage in painful or laborious effort:

travails

Meaning test (a scheme, project, etc.) before introducing it more widely:

pilot

Translation of trial

Anagrams of trial

liart, litra, trail

Words that rhyme with trial

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