Try Definition
(rugby) A score in rugby, analogous to a touchdown in American football.
- To attempt to do something for the first time:
I tried my hand at skiing.
- To make an effort or take a risk to be successful, especially as a newcomer.
- to test the fit or appearance of (an item of clothing, jewelry, etc.) by putting it on
- to attempt (to do something), esp. for the first time
- to test the quality, result, value, etc. of, as by putting to use; experiment with
- to test one's fitness, as for a job, a place on an athletic team, a role in a play, etc.
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Try
- try (one's) hand
- try (one's) fortune
- try on
- try one's hand at
- try out
Origin of Try
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From Middle English trien (“to try a legal case"), from Anglo-Norman trier (“to try a case"), Old French trier (“to choose, pick out or separate from others, sift, cull"), of uncertain origin. Believed to be a metathetic variation of Old French tirer (“to pull out, snatch"), from Gothic 𐍄𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (tiran, “to tear away, remove"), from Proto-Germanic *teranÄ… (“to tear, tear apart"), from Proto-Indo-European *derÉ™- (“to tear, tear apart"), see tear. Related to Occitan triar (“to pick out, choose from among others").
From Wiktionary
Replaced native Middle English cunnen (“to try") (from Old English cunnian), Middle English fandien (“to try, prove") (from Old English fandian), and Middle English costnien (“to try, tempt, test") (from Old English costnian).
From Wiktionary
Middle English trien to pick out, separate (right from wrong), test, attempt from Old French trier to pick out Provençal Catalan triar to pick out of unknown origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Probably from Old French trié.
From Wiktionary
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