trial
Pronunciation
[change]- IPA (key): /ˈtraɪəl/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: tri‧al
Noun
[change]- (countable) (law) A trial is a meeting in court with a judge where two sides explain their positions and the judge or jury makes a decision.
- He was taken to jail to await trial for murder.
- Jury selection in the trial began today.
- He's spending all that money on lawyers defending him at trial.
- His criminal trial is set to begin Monday.
- He was charged with murder and went on trial last week.
- Can a black man get a fair trial in Canada?
- The judge ruled that the trial would proceed on schedule.
- I am likely to be a witness in this trial.
- She will have to be back in court to stand trial again in about eight months.
- (countable) A trial is a test to see if something works or not, especially in science.
- Several randomized clinical trials have shown that aspirin may reduce the risk of cancer.
- In at least one large controlled trial, researchers found no positive effect for the drug.
- Dr. Finkel is helping conduct the clinical trial.
- (uncountable) Trial and error is the process of trying things and making mistakes as you learn something.
- There is some trial and error to finding the right solution.
- (countable) (sports) A trial is a competition where the winners are chosen to move on to higher level competitions.
- She finishes in the top three at the Olympic trials in Toronto.
- (countable) A trial is a difficult experience.
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- If you trial something, you test it to see if it works, especially in science.