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noun
A test of the suitability or effectiveness of a person or thing, especially an audition for a performer or athlete, or the advance staging of a play at a small theatre.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: trial run
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a test of the suitability of a performer
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: audition
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: test, trial, run
Narrower terms: screen test
noun
trying something to find out about it
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: trial, trial run, test
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: experiment, experimentation
Narrower terms: field trial, field test, alpha test, beta test, road test, trial balloon
History
Deverbal from try out.
Across languages
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
