Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗adj
Pertaining to a trial or test. · Attempted on a provisional or experimental basis.
noun
An occasion on which a person or thing is tested to find out how well they perform or how suitable they are. · The testing of a product or procedure. · A research study to test the effectiveness and safety of a drug, medical procedure, etc. · An event in which athletes’ or animals’ abilities are tested as they compete for a place on a team, or to move on to the next level of a championship, for example.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo carry out a series of tests on (a new product, procedure etc.) before marketing or implementing it. · To try out (a new player) in a sports team.
Etymology tree Old French trier Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālislbor. Old French -al Anglo-Norman trialubor. Middle English trial English trial From Middle English trial, triall, from Anglo-Norman trial, triel, from trier (“to pick out, cull”) + -al. More at English try.
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