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Meaning of trial

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  trial
      n 1: 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" [syn: {test}, {trial},
           {run}]
      2: trying something to find out about it; "a sample for ten days
         free trial"; "a trial of progesterone failed to relieve the
         pain" [syn: {trial}, {trial run}, {test}, {tryout}]
      3: the act of undergoing testing; "he survived the great test of
         battle"; "candidates must compete in a trial of skill" [syn:
         {test}, {trial}]
      4: (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"
      5: (sports) a preliminary competition to determine
         qualifications; "the trials for the semifinals began
         yesterday"
      6: an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event; "his
         mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him"; "life is
         full of tribulations"; "a visitation of the plague" [syn:
         {trial}, {tribulation}, {visitation}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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