trial runnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌtraɪəl ˈrʌn/us/ˌtraɪəl ˈrʌn/a practical test of something new or unknown to discover its effectiveness:
We're holding a tournament in the new ice-hockey stadium, as a trial run for next year's Winter Olympics.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Testing, checking and experimenting
- assay
- check
- check sth out
- check up on sb
- collector
- crosscheck
- feeler
- inspect
- inspection
- inspector
- play around with sth
- screen
- spy
- spy out the land idiom
- test
- test sth out
- tester
- trial
- try sth for size idiom
- try-out
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