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Definitions of trial
  1. 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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  2. noun
    an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event
    "his mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him"

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  3. 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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  4. noun
    the act of undergoing testing
    "candidates must compete in a trial of skill"

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  5. 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" "most of these complaints are settled before they go to trial"
  6. noun
    (sports) a preliminary competition to determine qualifications
    "the trials for the semifinals began yesterday"
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Definition that contains trial
  • stay hang on during a trial of endurance
  • try put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
  • business the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
  • business a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
  • fire a severe trial
  • works buildings for carrying on industrial labor
  • rock United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984)
  • prison a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
  • evidence (law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved
  • jail a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
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