When you run a series of tests on something, it's called a trial. If you invent a computer game and want to run it through a trial before releasing it, you might hire a bunch of teenagers to play it.
The act of trying or testing in any manner.
Noun
the act of testing something; "in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately"; "he called each flip of the coin a new trial"
Noun
the act of undergoing testing; "he survived the great test of battle"; "candidates must compete in a trial of skill"
Noun
(law) legal proceedings consisting of the judicial examination of issues by a competent tribunal; "most of these complaints are settled before they go to trial"
Noun
(law) the determination of a person''s innocence or guilt by due process of law; "he had a fair trial and the jury found him guilty"
Noun
trying something to find out about it; "a sample for ten days free trial"; "a trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain"
Noun
an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event; "his mother-in-law''s visits were a great trial for him"; "life is full of tribulations"; "a visitation of the plague"
Noun
(sports) a preliminary competition to determine qualifications; "the trials for the semifinals began yesterday"
n.
The act of trying or testing in any manner.
n.
Any effort or exertion of strength for the purpose of
ascertaining what can be done or effected.
n.
The act of testing by experience; proof; test.
n.
Examination by a test; experiment, as in chemistry,
metallurgy, etc.
n.
The state of being tried or tempted; exposure to suffering
that tests strength, patience, faith, or the like; affliction or
temptation that exercises and proves the graces or virtues of men.
n.
That which tries or afflicts; that which harasses; that
which tries the character or principles; that which tempts to evil; as,
his child's conduct was a sore trial.
n.
The formal examination of the matter in issue in a cause
before a competent tribunal; the mode of determining a question of fact
in a court of law; the examination, in legal form, of the facts in
issue in a cause pending before a competent tribunal, for the purpose
of determining such issue.
Trial
[I] defy thee to the trial of mortal fight.
Repeated trials of the issues and events of actions.
Others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings.3.
Every station is exposed to some trials.4.
The act of trying or testing in any manner.
Usage Examples
I did not think that I was angry, but clearly anger was reflected in my writing. I did not think that I had been affected emotionally, but it was clear from my writing that I was still very emotional about the trial some six months after it ended.
Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out of hope, progress.
Good-looking individuals are treated better than homely ones in virtually every social situation, from dating to trial by jury.
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
History and experience tell us that moral progress comes not in comfortable and complacent times, but out of trial and confusion.
I had faith in the concept and the theory that all Americans are endowed with the right to a fair trial and I would be fairly judged and fairly tried.
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Other Usage ExamplesIn recent years personal injury attorneys and trial lawyers have attacked the food industry with numerous lawsuits alleging that these businesses should pay monetary damages to those who, of their own accord, consume too much of a legal, safe product.
I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.
In government offices which are sensitive to the vehemence and passion of mass sentiment public men have no sure tenure. They are in effect perpetual office seekers, always on trial for their political lives, always required to court their restless constituents.
Cagey trial lawyers have figured out there's a pretty good likelihood their case - no matter what its merit - will literally get its day in court because of favorable judges.
I think the issue is that Americans traveling abroad if gotten into legal problems should have access to a fair trial and an impartial tribunal.
I pray God I may never be brought to the melancholy trial but, if ever I should, it will then be known how far I can reduce to practice principles which I know to be founded in truth.
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