A preliminary competition or test to determine qualifications, as in a sport.
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A state of pain or anguish that tests patience, endurance, or belief: "the fiery trial through which we pass” ( Abraham Lincoln).
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A trying, troublesome, or annoying person or thing: The child was a trial to his parents.
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An effort or attempt: succeeded on the third trial.
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An instance of such testing, especially as part of a series of tests or experiments: a clinical trial of a drug.
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adjective
Attempted or advanced on a provisional or experimental basis: a trial separation.
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Made or done in the course of a trial or test.
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Of, relating to, or used in a trial.
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Of, relating to, or used in a trial.
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Made or done as a test or experiment.
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idiom
On trial In the process of being tried, as in a court of law.
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