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trial

noun
  1. The examination and deciding upon evidence, charges, and claims in court: hearing. See law
  2. A procedure that ascertains effectiveness, value, proper function, or other quality: assay, essay, proof, test, tryout. See investigate
  3. An operation employed to resolve an uncertainty: experiment, experimentation, test. See investigate
  4. A trying to do or make something: attempt, crack, effort, endeavor, essay, go, offer, stab, try. Informal: shot. Slang: take. Archaic: assay. See try
  5. A state of pain or anguish that tests one's resiliency and character: crucible, ordeal, tribulation, visitation. See easy
  6. Something hard to bear physically or emotionally: affliction, burden 1, cross, tribulation. See heavy, over
  7. One that makes another totally miserable by causing sharp pain and irritation: thorn. Informal: pain. Idioms: pain in the neck, thorn in the flesh (or side). See pain
adjective
Constituting a tentative model for future experiment or development: experimental, pilot, test. See start

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