• the act of testing something; "in the experimental Trials the amount of carbon was measured separately"; "he called each flip of the coin a new Trial"
• the act of undergoing testing; "he survived the great test of battle"; "candidates must compete in a Trial of skill"
• (law) legal proceedings consisting of the judicial examination of issues by a competent tribunal; "most of these complaints are settled before they go to Trial"
• (law) the determination of a person''s innocence or guilt by due process of law; "he had a fair Trial and the jury found him guilty"
• trying something to find out about it; "a sample for ten days free Trial"; "a Trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain"
• an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event; "his mother-in-law''s visits were a great Trial for him"; "life is full of tribulations"; "a visitation of the plague"
• (sports) a preliminary competition to determine qualifications; "the Trials for the semifinals began yesterday"

'Trial' in other languages