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try

noun

1 try

Earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something:
— She gave it a good try.

synonyms: attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour.

Dutch: ijveren, onderneming, wagen, probeersel, inspanning, poging
Polish: próba, usiłowanie

verb

1 try

Make an effort or attempt.

synonyms: assay, attempt, essay, seek.

Roget 677: use, make use of, employ, put to use; put in action, put in operation, put in practice; set in motion, set to work.    ply, work, wield, handle, manipulate; ... show more

Roget 675: try, essay; experiment etc. 463; endeavor, strive; tempt, attempt, make an attempt; venture, adventure, speculate, take one's chance, ... show more

Dutch: beproeven, pogen, proberen, trachten, zien

2 try

Put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to.

synonyms: essay, examine, prove, test, try out.

Roget 463: experiment; essay etc. (endeavor) 675; try, try out, assay; make an experiment, make a trial of; give a trial to; put on trial, subject to trial; ... show more

Dutch: proberen, testen, toetsen, uitproberen, uittesten, uitwijzen

3 try

Put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of.

synonyms: adjudicate, judge.

Roget 480: judge, conclude; come to a conclusion, draw a conclusion, arrive at a conclusion; ascertain, determine, make up one's mind.    deduce, derive, gather, collect, draw an inference, ... show more

Roget 969: go to law, appeal to the law; bring to justice, bring to trial, bring to the bar; put on trial, pull up; accuse etc. 938; prefer a claim, file a claim etc. n.; ... show more

Dutch: arbitreren, beoordelen, jureren, oordelen

4 try

Take a sample of:
— Try these new crackers.

synonyms: sample, taste, try out.

Dutch: monster, staal

5 try

Examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process.

synonym: hear.

6 try

Give pain or trouble to.

Dutch: kwellen

7 try

Test the limits of:
— You are trying my patience!.

synonyms: strain, stress.

Dutch: beproeven

8 try

Melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities:
— Try the yak butter.

synonym: render.

9 try

Put on a garment in order to see whether it fits and looks nice:
— Try on this sweater to see how it looks.

synonym: try on.


Moby thesaurus: acid test, agonize, aim, annoy, appraise, approach, arbitrate, aspire, assay, attempt, bear hard upon, bid, bid for, blank determination, bolt, bother, bring to test, brouillon, burden, chance ... show more.

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