try
Fine, excellentFine, excellent.
» I was trying to kill time.
Ich versuchte, die Zeit totzuschlagen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Я пытался скоротать время. — paul_lingvo
Я пыталась скоротать время. — paul_lingvo
Я намагався вбити час. — triantafillou
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1 senses(obsolete)Fine, excellent.
Examples
21151 sentencesI was trying to kill time.
Я намагався вбити час. — triantafillou
ruЯ пытался скоротать время. — paul_lingvo
deIch versuchte, die Zeit totzuschlagen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
You'll never know unless you try.
Не дізнаєшся, якщо не спробуєш. — deniko
ruНе узнаешь, пока не попробуешь. — afyodor
I think it's worth a try.
Я думаю, варто спробувати. — aandrusiak
ruЯ думаю, стоит попробовать. — ae5s
deIch denke, es ist einen Versuch wert. — MUIRIEL
Can I try on this jacket?
Можна мені поміряти цю куртку? — deniko
ruМогу я примерить эту курточку? — Karok
deDarf ich diese Jacke anprobieren? — Yorwba
Let's try to understand one another.
Спробуймо зрозуміти одне одного. — deniko
ruДавай попробуем понять друг друга. — Lenin_1917
deLass uns versuchen, einander zu verstehen. — mauersegler
Origin
From Middle English trye, trie, probably from Old French trié, past participle of Old FrenFrom Middle English trye, trie, probably from Old French trié, past participle of Old French trier (“to try”).
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Forms
more try, most tryLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
Collocations
12 patterns- try to do
- try doing doing
- is trying to
- trying to get
- trying to convince
- trying to help
- try not to
- trying to figure
- going to try
- trying to find
- to try to
- tried to persuade
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.