try
/trai/
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Definition
Verb:
- To make an attempt or effort to do something: To use effort or action to achieve a goal or complete a task.
- To test, examine, or experiment with something: To use or experience something to discover its qualities, effects, or suitability.
- To subject to a legal trial: To examine and decide a legal case in a court of law.
- To cause strain or suffering: To be a source of difficulty or annoyance that tests someone's patience or endurance.
Noun:
- An attempt or effort: An act of testing or attempting to do something.
Examples of Usage
Verb:
- I will try to finish my homework before dinner. (I will make an effort to complete it.)
- You should try this new recipe; it's delicious. (You should test or sample this recipe.)
- The court will try the case next month. (The court will conduct a legal trial for the case.)
- His constant questions try my patience. (His questions test the limits of my patience.)
Noun:
- Give it a try; you might succeed. (Make an attempt.)
- It was a good try, but the ball didn't go in the goal. (It was a good effort.)
Advanced Usage
- "To try one's hand at (something)": To attempt to do something for the first time.
- After retiring, he decided to try his hand at painting.
- "To try one's luck": To attempt something where success depends on chance.
- She went to the casino to try her luck at the roulette table.
Variants and Related Words
- Trial (n): A formal examination of evidence in court; a test of performance.
- The new drug is undergoing clinical trials.
- Trier (n): A person who makes a sincere effort.
- He may not always win, but he's a real trier.
Synonyms
- Attempt (v): To make an effort to achieve something.
- Test (v): To take measures to check the quality or reliability of something.
- Endeavor (v/n): To try hard to do or achieve something; a serious and determined effort.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Try on: To put on a garment to see if it fits and looks nice.
- You should try on the shoes before you buy them.
- Try out: To test something to see how useful or effective it is; to audition for a role.
- The team will try out the new software next week.
- She will try out for the lead role in the play.
- Try for: To attempt to get or achieve something.
- He is trying for a promotion at work.
Related Idioms
- Try as one might: Despite one's best efforts.
- Try as I might, I couldn't solve the puzzle.
- Try (something) on for size: To consider or test an idea, role, or plan.
- He's trying the manager role on for size to see if he likes it.
Noun
- earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
- made an effort to cover all the reading material
- wished him luck in his endeavor
- she gave it a good try
Verb
- put on a garment in order to see whether it fits and looks nice
- Try on this sweater to see how it looks
- melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities
- try the yak butter
- render fat in a casserole
- test the limits of
- You are trying my patience!
- give pain or trouble to
- I've been sorely tried by these students
- examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process
- The jury had heard all the evidence
- The case will be tried in California
- take a sample of
- Try these new crackers
- Sample the regional dishes
- put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
- The football star was tried for the murder of his wife
- The judge tried both father and son in separate trials
- put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
- This approach has been tried with good results
- Test this recipe
- make an effort or attempt
- He tried to shake off his fears
- The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps
- The police attempted to stop the thief
- He sought to improve himself
- She always seeks to do good in the world