trial

Definitions of trial in various dictionaries:

noun - the act of testing something

noun - trying something to find out about it

noun - the act of undergoing testing

noun - (law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law

noun - (sports) a preliminary competition to determine qualifications

noun - an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event

Examination of evidence and applicable law by a competent tribunal to determine the issue of specified charges or claims.

The act or process of testing, trying, or putting to the proof: a trial of one’s faith.

An instance of such testing, especially as part of a series of tests or experiments.

An effort or attempt: succeeded on the third trial.

A state of pain or anguish that tests patience, endurance, or belief: “the fiery trial through which we pass” (Abraham Lincoln).

A trying, troublesome, or annoying person or thing: The child was a trial to his parents.

A preliminary competition or test to determine qualifications, as in a sport.

Of, relating to, or used in a trial.

Attempted or advanced on a provisional or experimental basis: a trial separation.

The central meaning shared by these noun s is “distress or suffering that severely tests resiliency and character”: no consolation in their hour of trial; the affliction of a bereaved family; the crucible of revolution; the ordeal of being an innocent murder suspect; domestic tribulations; an epidemic considered to be a visitation.

noun - a judicial examination

TRIAL - In law, a trial is a coming together of parties to a dispute, to present information (in the form of evidence) in a tribunal, a formal setting with t...