try

try · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    (verb) To make an attempt or effort to do something.

  2. 2.

    (verb) To test something to see if it works or is suitable.

  3. 3.

    (verb) To subject to a judicial trial.

  4. 4.

    (verb) To test the patience or endurance of someone.

  5. 5.

    (noun) An attempt.

  6. 6.

    (noun) In rugby, a score made by touching the ball down behind the opposing goal line.

Related words

Antonyms: give up, quit
See also: attempt, effort, trying
Synonyms: attempt, endeavor, strive, test

Etymology

From Old French "trier" meaning "to sift, sort out, pick, cull," possibly from Late Latin "*tritare" (to grind). The original sense of separating or testing evolved into the modern sense of making an attempt.