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Definition: Meaning of, trial in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈtrʌɪəl /

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trial trials
  1. court [uncountable and countable] a legal process in which a judge and often a JURY in a court of law examine information to decide whether someone is guilty of a crime [↪  try]
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  2. test [uncountable and countable] a process of testing to find out whether something works effectively and is safe
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  3. try somebody/something [uncountable and countable] a short period during which you use or do something or employ someone to find out whether they are satisfactory for a particular purpose or job [↪  try]
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  4. by/through trial and error if you do something by trial and error, you test many different methods of doing something in order to find the best
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  5. difficulty [countable usually plural] something that is difficult to deal with, and that is worrying or annoying [↪  trying]
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  6. sports trials [plural] British English a special sports competition in which people who want to be on a team are tested, so that the best can be chosen [=  tryout American English]
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
trial trialled trialled
Present Participle Third Person Singular
trialling trials
[transitive] [British English]
  1. to thoroughly test something to see if it works correctly or is effective
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trial used in phrases

  • Scopes trial (noun)
    1. evolution a highly publicized trial in 1925 when John Thomas Scopes violated a Tennessee state law by teaching evolution in high school; Scopes was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow; Scopes was convicted but the verdict was later reversed
  • Scopes trial, the
    1. a famous US court case in which John Scopes, a BIOLOGY teacher, was taken to a court of law in 1925 for teaching Darwin's theory of EVOLUTION, because this was against the law in the state of Tennessee, where the story of the CREATION as told in the Old Testament of the Bible had to be taught in state schools. He was defended by the lawyer Clarence DARROW, but was found guilty.
  • by trial and error (adverb)
    1. in an empirical manner
  • clinical trial (noun)
    1. a rigorously controlled test of a new drug or a new invasive medical device on human subjects; in the United States it is conducted under the direction of the FDA before being made available for general clinical use
  • field trial (noun)
    1. a test of the performance of some new product under the conditions in which it will be used
    2. a contest between gun dogs to determine their proficiency in pointing and retrieving
  • on trial (adjective)
    1. in the process of being tested or tried
  • phase I clinical trial (noun)
    1. a clinical trial on a few persons to determine the safety of a new drug or invasive medical device; for drugs, dosage or toxicity limits should be obtained
  • phase II clinical trial (noun)
    1. a clinical trial on more persons than in phase I; intended to evaluate the efficacy of a treatment for the condition it is intended to treat; possible side effects are monitored
  • phase III clinical trial (noun)
    1. a large clinical trial of a treatment or drug that in phase I and phase II has been shown to be efficacious with tolerable side effects; after successful conclusion of these clinical trials it will receive formal approval from the FDA
  • phase IV clinical trial (noun)
    1. sometimes the FDA approves a drug for general use but requires the manufacturer to continue to monitor its effects; during this phase the drug may be tried on slightly different patient populations than those studied in earlier trials
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