trial

[ trahy-uhl, trahyl ]

/ ˈtraɪ əl, traɪl /

noun

Law.

the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.

the act of trying, testing, or putting to the proof.

test; proof.

an attempt or effort to do something.

a tentative or experimental action in order to ascertain results; experiment.

the state or position of a person or thing being tried or tested; probation.

subjection to suffering or grievous experiences; a distressed or painful state: comfort in the hour of trial.

an affliction or trouble.

a trying, distressing, or annoying thing or person.

Ceramics. a piece of ceramic material used to try the heat of a kiln and the progress of the firing of its contents.

adjective

of, relating to, or employed in a trial.

done or made by way of trial, proof, or experiment.

used in testing, experimenting, etc.

acting or serving as a sample, experimental specimen, etc.: a trial offer.

Idioms for trial

on trial,

undergoing examination before a judicial tribunal.
undergoing a probationary or trial period.

Origin of trial

First recorded in 1520–30; try + -al²

SYNONYMS FOR trial

2, 3, 5 examination.

4 endeavor, essay, struggle.

7 grief, tribulation, distress, sorrow, trouble, hardship.

synonym study for trial

2, 3, 5. Trial , experiment , test imply an attempt to find out something or to find out about something. Trial is the general word for a trying of anything: articles sent for ten days' free trial. Experiment is a trial conducted to prove or illustrate the truth or validity of something, or an attempt to discover something new: an experiment in organic chemistry. Test is a more specific word, referring to a trial under approved and fixed conditions, or a final and decisive trial as a conclusion of past experiments: a test of a new type of airplane. 7. See affliction.

OTHER WORDS FROM trial

in·ter·tri·al, adjective non·tri·al, noun post·tri·al, adjective re·tri·al, noun

self-tri·al, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH trial

trail trial

Words nearby trial

triacylglycerol lipase, triad, triad syndrome, triadelphous, triage, trial, trial and error, trial balance, trial balloon, trial by battle, trial by fire

Example sentences from the Web for retrial

I was convicted a year later and sentenced to death—a charge later overturned by the Supreme Court when it called for a retrial.

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The state, after consulting families, decided not to attempt a retrial of Michaels.

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It was not a retrial per se, but rather a fresh look at the appeal process that freed Knox.

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Smiling and waving, his conviction overturned, a confident Hosni Mubarak showed up for his retrial in Cairo.

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Many activists and human-rights advocates met the news of the retrial with cautious optimism.

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Mr. Henderson succeeded in getting a retrial, and even a third hearing, but still the man was under sentence of death.

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The result of a doubtful (non liquet) verdict was a retrial of the case at some future time.

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It made an immense excitement; the State rose as one man and clamored for Clayton's pardon and retrial.

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They had hoped to secure a countersign of their own judgment without a retrial by the governor.

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British Dictionary definitions for retrial (1 of 3)

retrial

/ (riːˈtraɪəl) /

noun

a second or new trial, esp of a case that has already been adjudicated upon

British Dictionary definitions for retrial (2 of 3)

trial ¹

/ (ˈtraɪəl, traɪl) /

noun

the act or an instance of trying or proving; test or experiment
(as modifier)a trial run

law

the judicial examination of the issues in a civil or criminal cause by a competent tribunal and the determination of these issues in accordance with the law of the land
the determination of an accused person's guilt or innocence after hearing evidence for the prosecution and for the accused and the judicial examination of the issues involved
(as modifier)trial proceedings

an effort or attempt to do something we had three trials at the climb

trouble or grief

an annoying or frustrating person or thing

(often plural) a competition for individuals sheepdog trials

a motorcycling competition in which the skills of the riders are tested over rough ground

ceramics a piece of sample material used for testing the heat of a kiln and its effects

on trial

undergoing trial, esp before a court of law
being tested, as before a commitment to purchase

verb trials, trialling or trialled

(tr) to test or make experimental use of (something) the idea has been trialled in several schools

Derived forms of trial

trialling, noun

Word Origin for trial

C16: from Anglo-French, from trier to try

British Dictionary definitions for retrial (3 of 3)

trial ²

/ (ˈtraɪəl) /

noun grammar

a grammatical number occurring in some languages for words in contexts where exactly three of their referents are described or referred to

(modifier) relating to or inflected for this number

Word Origin for trial

C19: from tri- + -al 1

Idioms and Phrases with retrial

trial

In addition to the idioms beginning with trial

trial and error
trial balloon
trial by fire
trials and tribulations

also see:

on trial

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trial

noun

adjective

Idioms for trial

Origin of trial

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synonym study for trial

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noun

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noun

verb trials, trialling or trialled

Derived forms of trial

Word Origin for trial

British Dictionary definitions for retrial (3 of 3)

noun grammar

Word Origin for trial

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BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

trial

noun

adjective

Idioms for trial

Origin of trial

SYNONYMS FOR trial

synonym study for trial

OTHER WORDS FROM trial

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH trial

Words nearby trial

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verb trials, trialling or trialled

Derived forms of trial

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Word Origin for trial

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