Trial Definition
- thorn
- pain
- visitation
- tribulation
- ordeal
- crucible
- headache
- nuisance
- irritant
- bother
- trying experience
- annoyance
- heavy blow
- misfortune
- severe test
To carry out a series of tests on (a new product, procedure etc.) before marketing or implementing it.
- In the process of being tried, as in a court of law.
- A test of one's abilities, especially the ability to perform well under pressure.
- in the process of being tried, as in a court of law
Other Word Forms of Trial
Noun
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Trial
- on trial
- trial by fire
- on trial
Origin of Trial
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Middle English triall a testing from Anglo-Norman trial from trier to pick out, try from Old French trier to pick out, separate out try
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Anglo-Norman trial, from trier (“to pick out, cull") + -al. More at try.
From Wiktionary
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From Latin trialis, an adjective formed from tres (“three") + -ālis.
From Wiktionary
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