Dictionary Entry
trial
trial is a 5-letter English word with 13 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of trying or testing in any manner. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 6 · 13 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The act of trying or testing in any manner.
- 2noun
Any effort or exertion of strength for the purpose of ascertaining what can be done or effected.
- 3noun
The act of testing by experience; proof; test.
- 4noun
Examination by a test; experiment, as in chemistry, metallurgy, etc.
- 5noun
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.
- 6noun
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.
- 7noun
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.
- 8noun
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"
- 9noun
the act of undergoing testing
"he survived the great test of battle"
"candidates must compete in a trial of skill"
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- 10noun
(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"
"most of these complaints are settled before they go to trial"
- 11noun
trying something to find out about it
"a sample for ten days free trial"
"a trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain"
- 12noun
an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event
"his mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him"
"life is full of tribulations"
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- 13noun
(sports) a preliminary competition to determine qualifications
"the trials for the semifinals began yesterday"
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