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- pronunciation:
- traI
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noun |
| definition 1: |
A trial is a process in which a court decides if someone is guilty of a crime or not. When there is a trial, it means that there is a judge and a jury who listen to a person's case. There is also one lawyer who defends the person and another lawyer who tries to show that the person is guilty. The jury listens to the evidence and then makes a decision.
The man's trial lasted for several months. In the end, the jury decided that the man was innocent.- similar words:
- examination
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| definition 2: |
A trial is the act or process of testing something.
The new drug is going through more trials to make sure it is safe.- synonyms:
- experiment, test
- similar words:
- try
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| definition 3: |
A very difficult or painful thing that a person is going through is sometimes called a trial. When you have pain or suffering, we might say you are going through a trial.
Mrs. Sanchez has had many trials in her life, but the hardest was when she had cancer.- synonyms:
- misfortune
- antonyms:
- joy
- similar words:
- burden, cross, distress, pain, sorrow
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| related words: |
case, check, effort, event, experiment, push, yoke |
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