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A formal examination of evidence in a court, typically with a judge
“He behaved well during his trial, receiving his sentence with calmness and a seeming resignation and acquiescence.”
A test of the performance, qualities, or suitability of someone or something
“A trial of the new bus lanes on Gonghang-ro will take place three days before the introduction of the new system.”
An attempt to do or achieve something
“Actors and actresses who had successfully passed through a provincial probation here made their first trial for the highest honors of their profession.”
A burden or ordeal that must be endured or overcome
“Saint JosemarÃa also suffered the trial of having to flee and seek shelter.”
The state of being in mental or emotional pain
“Since her son's death, she has dedicated her life to helping those who are experiencing the trial of watching their child fight cancer.”
A person, experience, or situation that is a nuisance or causes irritation
“The story wanders at great length through vast amounts of detail and it can be a bit of a trial to sit through it all.”
An undertaking that goes against convention or that is somewhat ridiculous
An event in which people compete, typically for amusement and for a prize
A process of testing or observing the character or abilities of a person who is new to a role or job
Physical or mental effort applied in pursuit of an objective
A difficult or tedious undertaking
A duty, mission or task that one has been called to fulfill
An account or reports of an event
An initiation or rite of passage, typically one that involves humiliation or abuse
The shooting of projectiles from weapons, such as bullets from guns
Evaluation of a product or service in operational conditions before its official release
An act of interrogating or questioning someone, typically aggressively
A footrace at top speed
That which serves as a model or example
(printing) A trial impression of a page, taken from type or film and used for making corrections before final printing
Being done for purposes of assessment
“A senior surgeon in a teaching hospital was called to the reception area during a major incident exercise, only he didn't know it was just a trial run.”
Belonging or happening near the beginning of a particular period
Not yet used, done, or tested
Being in the trial or experimental stage
Being an imitative or fake version of something
To test or make experimental use of
“We'd been searching for a suitable candidate to trial our new state-of-the-art systems on.”
To experience something in advance
A metaphorical journey marked by adversity, difficulty, and hardship
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