| trial |
| 1. n. An opportunity to test something out; a test. | |
| They will perform the trials for the new equipment next week. | |
| 2. n. Appearance at judicial court in order to be examined. | |
| 3. n. A difficult or annoying experience. | |
| That boy was a trial to his parents. | |
| 4. n. A tryout to pick members of a team. | |
| soccer trials | |
| 5. n. (ceramics) A piece of ware used to test the heat of a kiln. | |
| 6. n. (UK) An internal examination set by Eton College. | |
| 7. adj. Pertaining to a trial or test. | |
| 8. adj. Attempted on a provisional or experimental basis. | |
| 9. v. To carry out a series of tests on (a new product, procedure etc.) before marketing or implementing it. | |
| The warning system was extensively trialed before being fitted to all our vehicles. | |
| 10. v. To try out (a new player) in a sports team. | |
| The team trialled a new young goalkeeper in Saturday's match, with mixed results. | |
| 11. adj. Characterized by having three (usually equivalent) components. | |
| 12. adj. Triple. | |
| 13. adj. (grammar) Pertaining to a language form referring to three of something, like people; contrast singular, dual and plural. (See Ambai language for an example.) | |
| No language has a trial number unless it has a dual. | |
| attempt |
| 1. v. To try. | |
| I attempted to sing, but my throat was too hoarse. | |
| to attempt an escape from prison | |
| A group of 80 budding mountaineers attempted Kilimanjaro, but 30 of them didn't make it to the top. | |
| 2. v. (obsolete) To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt. | |
| 3. v. (archaic) To try to win, subdue, or overcome. | |
| one who attempts the virtue of a woman | |
| 4. v. (archaic) To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force. | |
| to attempt the enemy's camp | |
| 5. n. The action of trying at something. | |
| We made an attempt to cross the stream, but didn't manage. | |
| This poem is much better than the feeble attempt of mine. | |
| It was worth the attempt. | |
| 6. n. An assault or attack, especially an assassination attempt. | |
