English > trial: 6 senses > noun 1, actMeaning | The act of testing something. |
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Examples | - "in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately"
- "he called each flip of the coin a new trial"
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Synonyms | test, run |
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Narrower | MOT, MOT test, Ministry of Transportation test | A compulsory annual test of older motor vehicles for safety and exhaust fumes |
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Snellen test | A test of visual acuity using a Snellen chart |
assay | A quantitative or qualitative test of a substance (especially an ore or a drug) to determine its components |
audition, tryout | A test of the suitability of a performer |
clinical trial, clinical test | A rigorously controlled test of a new drug or a new invasive medical device on human subjects |
double blind | A test procedure in which the identity of those receiving the intervention is concealed from both the administrators / administrators and the subjects until after the test is completed |
field trial | A test of young hunting dogs to determine their skill in pointing and retrieving |
fitting, try-on, trying on | Putting clothes on to see whether they fit |
pilot project, pilot program | Activity planned as a test or trial |
preclinical trial, preclinical test, preclinical phase | A laboratory test of a new drug or a new invasive medical device on animal subjects |
Broader | attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try | earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish / accomplish something |
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Spanish | ensayo, prueba, test |
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Catalan | assaig, prova, provatura |
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English > trial: 6 senses > noun 4, actMeaning | (law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law. |
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Examples | - "he had a fair trial and the jury found him guilty"
- "most of these complaints are settled before they go to trial"
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Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
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Parts | defense, defence, denial, demurrer | A defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him |
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plea | An answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed |
prosecution, criminal prosecution | The institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior |
Narrower | Scopes trial | A highly publicized trial in 1925 when John Thomas Scopes violated a Tennessee state law by teaching evolution in high school |
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court-martial | A trial that is conducted by a military court |
mistrial | A trial that is invalid or inconclusive |
ordeal, trial by ordeal | A primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control |
retrial | A new trial in which issues already litigated and to which the court has already rendered a verdict or decision are reexamined by the same court |
show trial | A trial held for show |
Broader | proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedings | (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked |
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Spanish | juicio, proceso |
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Catalan | judici, procés |
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Verbs | try | put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of |
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