Trial vs. Plural

Trial vs. Plural — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Trial and Plural

Trialnoun

An opportunity to test something out; a test.

They will perform the trials for the new equipment next week.

Pluraladjective

Consisting of or containing more than one of something. en

Trialnoun

Appearance at judicial court in order to be examined.

Pluraladjective

(comparable) Pluralistic.

Trialnoun

A difficult or annoying experience.

That boy was a trial to his parents.

Pluralnoun

The plural number. In English, referring to more than one of something.

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Trialnoun

A tryout to pick members of a team.

soccer trials

Pluralnoun

A word in the form in which it potentially refers to something other than one person or thing; and other than two things if the language has a dual form.

The plural of 'cat' is 'cats', but the plural of 'child' is 'children'.

Trialnoun

(ceramics) A piece of ware used to test the heat of a kiln.

Pluralnoun

the form of a word that is used to denote more than one

Trialnoun

(UK) An internal examination set by Eton College.

Pluraladjective

grammatical number category referring to two or more items or units

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Trialadjective

Pertaining to a trial or test.

Trialadjective

Attempted on a provisional or experimental basis.

Trialadjective

Characterized by having three (usually equivalent) components.

Trialadjective

Triple.

Trialadjective

(grammar) Pertaining to a language form referring to three of something, like people; contrast singular, dual and plural. (See Ambai language for an example.)

No language has a trial number unless it has a dual.

Trialverb

To carry out a series of tests on (a new product, procedure etc.) before marketing or implementing it.

The warning system was extensively trialed before being fitted to all our vehicles.

Trialverb

To try out (a new player) in a sports team.

The team trialled a new young goalkeeper in Saturday's match, with mixed results.

Trialnoun

(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

Trialnoun

the act of testing something;

in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separatelyhe called each flip of the coin a new trial

Trialnoun

(sports) a preliminary competition to determine qualifications;

the trials for the semifinals began yesterday

Trialnoun

(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

Trialnoun

trying something to find out about it;

a sample for ten days free triala trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain

Trialnoun

an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event;

his mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for himlife is full of tribulationsa visitation of the plague

Trialnoun

the act of undergoing testing;

he survived the great test of battlecandidates must compete in a trial of skill