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(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" |
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Related Words: judicial proceeding, legal proceeding, mistrial, proceeding, proceedings, retrial |
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(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" |
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Related Words: court-martial, judicial proceeding, legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings, show trial |
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(noun) trying something to find out about it; "a sample for ten days free trial"; "a trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain" |
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Synonyms: test, tryout |
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Related Words: alpha test, beta test, experiment, experimentation, field trial, road test, trial balloon |
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(noun) an annoying or frustrating event; "his mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him"; "life is full of tribulations"; "a visitation of the plague" |
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Synonyms: tribulation, visitation |
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Related Words: affliction, fire |
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(noun) (sports) a preliminary competition to determine qualifications; "the trials for the semifinals began yesterday" |
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Related Words: competition, contest |
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(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" |
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Synonyms: run, test |
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Related Words: attempt, audition, effort, endeavor, endeavour, fitting, pilot program, pilot project, try, try-on, trying on, tryout |
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(noun) the act of undergoing testing; "he survived the great test of battle"; "candidates must compete in a trial of skill" |
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Synonyms: test |
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Related Words: attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try |
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(satellite adjective) of the nature of or undergoing an experiment; "an experimental drug"; "a pilot project"; "a test run"; "a trial separation" |
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Synonyms: experimental, model, pilot, test |
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