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Definitions for Trial

[1] 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.
[2] the act of trying, testing, or putting to the proof.
[3] test; proof.
[4] an attempt or effort to do something.
[5] a tentative or experimental action in order to ascertain results; experiment.
[6] the state or position of a person or thing being tried or tested; probation.
[7] subjection to suffering or grievous experiences; a distressed or painful state: comfort in the hour of trial.
[8] an affliction or trouble.
[9] a trying, distressing, or annoying thing or person.
[10] Ceramics . a piece of ceramic material used to try the heat of a kiln and the progress of the firing of its contents.
[11] of, relating to, or employed in a trial.
[12] done or made by way of trial, proof, or experiment.
[13] used in testing, experimenting, etc.
[14] acting or serving as a sample, experimental specimen, etc.: a trial offer.
[15] on trial , undergoing examination before a judicial tribunal. undergoing a probationary or trial period.
[16] (German Der Prozess ), a novel (1925) by Franz Kafka.
[17] the act or an instance of trying or proving; test or experiment (as modifier ) a trial run
[18] 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
[19] an effort or attempt to do something we had three trials at the climb
[20] trouble or grief
[21] an annoying or frustrating person or thing
[22] (often plural) a competition for individuals sheepdog trials
[23] a motorcycling competition in which the skills of the riders are tested over rough ground
[24] ceramics a piece of sample material used for testing the heat of a kiln and its effects
[25] on trial undergoing trial, esp before a court of law being tested, as before a commitment to purchase
[26] (tr) to test or make experimental use of (something) the idea has been trialled in several schools
[27] a grammatical number occurring in some languages for words in contexts where exactly three of their referents are described or referred to
[28] (modifier) relating to or inflected for this number

Words related to Trial

preliminary, exploratory, experiment, testing, investigation, examination, struggle, probation, effort, case, litigation, tribunal, suit, prosecution, hearing, contest, arraignment, action, indictment, lawsuit

Words nearby Trial

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

Origin of Trial

First recorded in 1520–30; try + -al2

Words that may be confused with Trial

trail, trial

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

Word origin for Trial

C19: from tri- + -al 1

Synonyms for Trial

exploratory, preliminary, balloon, pilot, test, testing, probationary, provisional, tentative