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try

try
T t

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [trahy]
    • /traɪ/
    • /ˈtraɪ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [trahy]
    • /traɪ/

Definitions of try word

  • verb with object try to attempt to do or accomplish: Try it before you say it's simple. 1
  • verb with object try to test the effect or result of (often followed by out): to try a new method; to try a recipe out. 1
  • verb with object try to endeavor to evaluate by experiment or experience: to try a new field; to try a new book. 1
  • verb with object try to test the quality, value, fitness, accuracy, etc., of: Will you try a spoonful of this and tell me what you think of it? 1
  • verb with object try Law. to examine and determine judicially, as a cause; determine judicially the guilt or innocence of (a person). 1
  • verb with object try to put to a severe test; subject to strain, as of endurance, patience, affliction, or trouble; tax: to try one's patience. 1

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Origin of try

First appearance:

before 1250
One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English trien to try (a legal case) < Anglo-French trier, Old French: to sift, cull, of uncertain origin

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Try

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

try popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

try usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for try

verb try

  • add up — If facts or events do not add up, they make you confused about a situation because they do not seem to be consistent. If something that someone has said or done adds up, it is reasonable and sensible.
  • address — Your address is the number of the house, flat, or apartment and the name of the street and the town where you live or work.
  • adventuring — the act of doing adventurous things or having adventures
  • afflict — If you are afflicted by pain, illness, or disaster, it affects you badly and makes you suffer.
  • agonize — If you agonize over something, you feel very anxious about it and spend a long time thinking about it.

noun try

  • attempt — If you make an attempt to do something, you try to do it, often without success.
  • ballgame — any game played with a ball
  • big idea — any plan or proposal that is grandiose, impractical, and usually unsolicited: You're always coming around here with your big ideas.
  • biggie — People sometimes refer to something or someone successful, well-known, or big as a biggie.
  • blue book — A blue book is an official government report or register of statistics.

Antonyms for try

verb try

  • idle — not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing: idle workers.

Top questions with try

  • no matter how hard i try?
  • why try lyrics?
  • why try?
  • when you try your best?
  • when you try your best but you don t succeed?
  • when you try your best but you don't succeed?
  • who you finna try?
  • why do doctors try to remove tumors from the body?
  • why try program?
  • how did president wilson try to protect workers?
  • how did hungary try to resist soviet rule?
  • why do miserable people try to make others miserable?
  • how does echo try to communicate her love to narcissus?
  • when someone needs help i try to lend a hand?
  • when nations try to maintain the balance of power they?

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