trial
pronunciation
How to pronounce trial in British English:
UK [ˈtraɪəl]
How to pronounce trial in American English:
US [ˈtraɪəl]
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- Noun:
- (law) legal proceedings consisting of the judicial examination of issues by a competent tribunal
- the act of testing something
- (sports) a preliminary competition to determine qualifications
- (law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law
- trying something to find out about it
- an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event
- the act of undergoing testing
Word Origin
- trial (n.)
- mid-15c., "act or process of testing, a putting to proof by examination, experiment, etc.," from Anglo-French trial, noun formed from triet "to try" (see try (v.)). Sense of "examining and deciding of the issues between parties in a court of law" is first recorded 1570s; extended to any ordeal by 1590s. As an adjectival phrase, trial-and-error is recorded from 1806. Trial balloon (1826) translates French ballon d'essai, a small balloon sent up immediately before a manned ascent to determine the direction and tendency of winds in the upper air, though the earliest use in English is figurative.
Synonym
Example
- 1. He is in jail pending trial .
- 2. Researchers have hundreds of others in trial .
- 3. His trial could reveal all manner of dirt .
- 4. But even bad guys in america have the right to a fair trial .
- 5. Currently the sponsor program is accepting trial users here .