try (traɪ
)
Definitions
verb
Word forms: tries, trying, tried
- tr, may take an infinitive, sometimes with to replaced by and to make an effort or attempt ⇒
he tried to climb a cliff
- (tr) out to sample, test, or give experimental use to (something) in order to determine its quality, worth, etc ⇒
try her cheese flan
- (tr) to put strain or stress on ⇒
he tries my patience
- (tr; often passive) to give pain, affliction, or vexation to: to give pain, affliction, or vexation to: I have been sorely tried by those children
- to examine and determine the issues involved in (a cause) in a court of law
- to hear evidence in order to determine the guilt or innocence of (an accused)
- to sit as judge at the trial of (an issue or person)
- (tr) to melt (fat, lard, etc) in order to separate out impurities
- (tr) out obsolete to extract (a material) from an ore, mixture, etc, usually by heat; refine
noun
Word forms: plural, tries
- an experiment or trial
- an attempt or effort
- rugby the act of an attacking player touching the ball down behind the opposing team's goal line, scoring five or, in Rugby League, four points
try for a point American football an attempt made after a touchdown to score an extra point by kicking a goal or, for two extra points, by running the ball or completing a pass across the opponents' goal line
Word Origin
C13: from Old French trier to sort, sift, of uncertain originSynonyms
View thesaurus entry=
attempt,
seek,
aim,
undertake,
essay,
strive,
struggle,
endeavour,
have a go
go for it,
make an effort have a shot have a crack
bend over backwards,
do your best
go for broke,
make an attempt
move heaven and earth,
bust a gut,
give it your best shot have a stab break your neck exert yourself make an all-out effort knock yourself out have a whack do your damnedest give it your all
front up,
rupture yourself
= experiment with
try out,
put to the test
test,
taste,
examine,
investigate,
sample,
evaluate,
check out,
inspect,
appraise,
Translations
- British English:
try
If you have a try at doing something, you make an effort to do it.After a few tries he gave up.traɪ NOUN After a few tries he gave up.
- Spanish:
tentativa
nf
- French:
essai
nm
- German:
Versuch
nm
- Chinese: 尝试 n
- Arabic: تـَجْرِبَة n
- Portuguese: tentativa nf
- Russian: попытка nf
- Croatian: pokušaj nm
- Czech: pokus nm
- Danish: forsøg nnt
- Dutch: poging nf
- Finnish: yritys n
- Greek: προσπάθεια nf
- Italian: prova nf
- Japanese: 努力 n
- Korean: 노력 n
- Norwegian: forsøk nnt
- Polish: próba nf
- Brazilian Portuguese: tentativa nf
- European Spanish:
tentativa
nf
- Swedish: försök nnt
- Thai: ความพยายาม n
- Turkish: çaba n
- Vietnamese: sự thử n
- British English:
try
If you try to do something, you do it as well as you can.I will try to come tomorrow.traɪ VERB I will try to come tomorrow.
- Spanish:
intentar
v
- French:
essayer
vt
- German:
versuchen
v
- Chinese: 试图 v
- Arabic: يُجَرِّبُ v
- Portuguese: tentar v
- Russian: пытаться v
- Croatian: pokušati v
- Czech: pokusit (se) v pokoušet (se)
- Danish: forsøge v
- Dutch: proberen v
- Finnish: yrittää v
- Greek: προσπαθώ v
- Italian: provare v
- Japanese: 努める v
- Korean: 시도하다 v
- Norwegian: forsøke v
- Polish: spróbować v próbować
- Brazilian Portuguese: tentar v
- European Spanish:
intentar
v
- Swedish: försöka v
- Thai: พยายาม v
- Turkish: çabalamak v
- Vietnamese: cố gắng v
Usage examples
The King would actually be flying south to Ancelstierre with Sabriel, to try to forestall the death of two hundred thousand innocents.
, LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR (2001)Most gardens shut at dusk anyway, but do try and catch a sunset.
Country Life (2005)Rather than launch a public attack on Elan to try to bring about change, BIAM simply stopped buying Elan stock.
Irish Times (2002)Then, in their second match, at Stourbridge, Scotland, with a try disallowed, were unlucky to lose to England, the final score being 13-9.
Glasgow Herald (2001)To live safely in the world we have to try to construct theories which represent a reasonably accurate picture of what is actually going on.
, BEYOND FEAR (2002)