the act or an instance of trying or proving; test or experiment
b.
(as modifier)
a trial run
2. law
a.
the judicial examination of the issues in a civil or criminal cause by a competent tribunal and the determination of these issues in accordance with the law of the land
b.
the determination of an accused person's guilt or innocence after hearing evidence for the prosecution and for the accused and the judicial examination of the issues involved
c.
(as modifier)
trial proceedings
3.
an effort or attempt to do something
we had three trials at the climb
4.
trouble or grief
5.
an annoying or frustrating person or thing
6. (often plural)
a competition for individuals
sheepdog trials
7.
a motorcycling competition in which the skills of the riders are tested over rough ground
8. ceramics
a piece of sample material used for testing the heat of a kiln and its effects
9. on trial
verbWord forms: trials, trialling or trialled
10. (transitive)
to test or make experimental use of (something)
the idea has been trialled in several schools
Derived forms
trialling (ˈtrialling)
noun
Word origin
C16: from Anglo-French, from trier to try
Examples of 'trialled' in a sentence
trialled
And it has already been trialled successfully.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
An interactive service is also being trialled.
Mail and Guardian (2010)
That's something that we will work out only when it has been trialled.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
But only 10,000 are initially being made available as the scheme is trialled.
The Sun (2018)
A series of additional laws will be trialled to speed up the game.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
A fourth sub in extra time will also be trialled.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
But only 10,000 were initially made available as the scheme is trialled.
The Sun (2018)
The readers, trialled by 40 churches last year, can support 500 payments without recharging.
The Sun (2018)
Having trialled it in my own school, this can be tremendously successful.