trial

1. An occasion on which a person or thing is tested to find out how well they perform or how suitable they are.

   trying something to find out about it

2. 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.

   They will perform the trials for the new equipment next week.

   the act of testing something

3. A research study to test the effectiveness and safety of a drug, medical procedure, etc.

   A randomized, controlled trial (RCT).

4. 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.

   soccer trials; sheepdog trials

5. A piece of ware used to test the heat of a kiln.

6. (UK)An internal examination set by Eton College.

7. A meeting or series of meetings in a court of law at which evidence is presented to a judge (and sometimes a jury) to allow them to decide on a legal matter (especially whether an accused person is guilty of a crime).

   If you are convicted at trial, you have the right to file an appeal.

   He was charged with war crimes and brought to trial before the International Tribunal.

   Prozess, Gerichtsverhandlung

   судsud, разбира́тельствоrazbirátelʹstvo, проце́ссprocéss

   судsud, ро́зглядrózhljad, проце́сprocés

8. A difficult or annoying experience or person; (especially religion) such an experience seen as a test of faith and piety.

   That boy was a trial to his parents.

   Probe, Sorge, Kummer

   испыта́ниеispytánije, неприя́тностьneprijátnostʹ

   випро́буванняvypróbuvannja

9. The trial number.

10. An occasion on which a person or thing is tested to find out how well they perform or how suitable they are.

    (archaic)An occasion on which armies or individuals meet in combat.

11. (archaic)The action of trying (to do) something, especially more than once. (This sense is still current in the expression trial and error.)

1. We learn by trial and error.

   ruМы учимся методом проб и ошибок.

   deWir lernen durch Versuch und Irrtum.

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2. No trial date has been set.

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3. A trial date hasn't been set.

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4. The police didn't put him on trial.

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5. This is a hearing, not a trial.

   deDas ist eine Vernehmung, kein Prozess.

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