<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact</li><li>the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law</li><li>the act of trying, testing, or putting to the proof</li><li>a particular process or method for trying or assessing</li><li>a set of questions, problems, or the like, used as a means of evaluating the abilities, aptitudes, skills, or performance of an individual or group; examination</li><li>the state or position of a person or thing being tried or tested; probation</li><li>subjection to suffering or grievous experiences; a distressed or painful state</li><li>an affliction or trouble</li><li>a trying, distressing, or annoying thing or person</li><li>a piece of ceramic material used to try the heat of a kiln and the progress of the firing of its contents</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms</strong></p><ul><li>examination</li><li>test</li><li>proof</li><li>struggle</li><li>essay</li><li>endeavor</li><li>experiment</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>of, relating to, or employed in a trial</li><li>done or made by way of trial, proof, or experiment</li><li>used in testing, experimenting, etc.</li><li>acting or serving as a sample, experimental specimen, etc.: a trial offer</li></ul>