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4 N‑COUNT [usu pl] If you refer to the trials of a situation, you mean the unpleasant things that you experience in it. □ [+ of ] …the trials of adolescence.

5 N‑COUNT [usu pl] In some sports or outdoor activities, trials are a series of contests that test a competitor's skill and ability. □  He has been riding in horse trials for less than a year. □  …Dovedale Sheepdog Trials.

6 PHRASE If you do something by trial and error , you try several different methods of doing it until you find the method that works properly. □  Many medical discoveries were made by trial and error.

7 PHRASE If someone is on trial , they are being tried in a court of law. □  He is currently on trial accused of serious assault.

8 PHRASE If you say that someone or something is on trial , you mean that they are in a situation where people are observing them to see whether they succeed or fail. □  The President will be drawn into a damaging battle in which his credentials will be on trial.

9 PHRASE If someone stands trial , they are tried in court for a crime they are accused of. SYNONYMS trial NOUN

1

hearing:The judge adjourned the hearing until next Tuesday.

case:It can be difficult for public figures to win a libel case.

tribunal:His case comes before an industrial tribunal in March.

2

test:…the banning of nuclear tests.

experiment:…a proposed new law on animal experiments.

pilot:…a ten-year pilot project backed by the trade and industry department.

tri |al bal|loo n (trial balloons ) N‑COUNT A trial balloon is a proposal that you mention or an action that you try in order to find out other people's reactions to it, especially if you think they are likely to oppose it. [mainly AM ] □ [+ of ] They floated the trial balloon of allowing sixteen-year-olds to vote.

tri |al ru n (trial runs ) N‑COUNT A trial run is a first attempt at doing something to make sure you can do it properly.

tri|an|gle /tra I æŋg ^ə l/ (triangles )

1 N‑COUNT A triangle is an object, arrangement, or flat shape with three straight sides and three angles. □  Its outline roughly forms an equilateral triangle. □ [+ of ] …triangles of fried bread.

2 N‑COUNT [usu sing] The triangle is a musical instrument that consists of a piece of metal shaped like a triangle. You play it by hitting it with a short metal bar.

3 N‑COUNT [usu sing] If you describe a group of three people as a triangle , you mean that they are all connected with each other in a particular situation, but often have different interests. □  She plays a French woman in a love triangle with her two best friends.

4 → see also eternal triangle

tri|an|gu|lar /tra I æ ŋgjʊlə ^r /

1 ADJ Something that is triangular is in the shape of a triangle. □  …cottages around a triangular green.

2 ADJ You can describe a relationship or situation as triangular if it involves three people or things. □  One particular triangular relationship became the model of Simone's first novel.

tri|ath|lete /tra I æ θliːt/ (triathletes ) N‑COUNT A triathlete is someone who takes part in a triathlon .

tri|ath|lon /tra I æ θlɒn/ (triathlons ) N‑COUNT [usu sing] A triathlon is an athletics competition in which each competitor takes part in three events: swimming, cycling, and running.

trib|al /tra I b ^ə l/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] Tribal is used to describe things relating to or belonging to tribes and the way that they are organized. □  They would go back to their tribal lands.

trib|al|ism /tra I bəl I zəm/

1 N‑UNCOUNT Tribalism is the state of existing as a tribe. □  Apartheid used tribalism as the basis of its 'divide-and-rule' homeland policies.