trial
Formal legal examination
Trial centers on the idea of testing or examination.
In law, a trial is a formal proceeding where evidence is presented and guilt or liability is determined: The murder trial lasted three weeks.
More broadly, trial refers to any process of testing quality or performance: a clinical trial, trial and error.
It also denotes a difficult experience that tests one's endurance: Caring for her mother was a trial.
As an adjective, trial indicates something done experimentally or provisionally: a trial run, trial period.
Official court decision
- juryLegal decision-making body
- defendantParty facing charges
- plaintiffCivil case initiator
- prosecutorGovernment's trial lawyer
judge · testimony · courtroom · witness · arraignment · plea · cross-examination · appeal
Difficult, painful experience
- tribulationState of great distress
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- adversitySevere difficulty or suffering
- struggleLabored effort against resistance
affliction · hardship · distress · difficulty · setback · burden · endurance · perseverance
Applied energy toward goals
Testable proposed explanation
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
- controlAuthority to direct
- variableProne to fluctuation
data · clinical · placebo · double-blind · randomized · study · methodology · results
Shaping through liquid form
- callbackFollow-up audition invitation
- screen testFilmed casting evaluation
- performanceCarrying out a task
- rehearsalPre-performance practice session
role · monologue · actor · actress · read-through · part · director · drama
Determining worth or quality
- examinationMethodical assessment or review
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- quizBrief informal test
- measurementDetermining size or amount
grading · scoring · aptitude · proficiency · practice · mock · benchmark · dry-run
verdict
Official court decision
prosecutor · judge · testimony · courtroom · witness · arraignment · plea · cross-examination · appeal · acquittal
ordeal
Difficult, painful experience
- tribulationState of great distress
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- adversitySevere difficulty or suffering
struggle · affliction · hardship · distress · difficulty · setback · burden · endurance · perseverance · test
effort
Applied energy toward goals
hypothesis
Testable proposed explanation
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
- controlAuthority to direct
variable · data · clinical · placebo · double-blind · randomized · study · methodology · results · sample
casting
Shaping through liquid form
- callbackFollow-up audition invitation
- screen testFilmed casting evaluation
- performanceCarrying out a task
rehearsal · role · monologue · actor · actress · read-through · part · director · drama · tryout
evaluation
Determining worth or quality
- examinationMethodical assessment or review
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- quizBrief informal test
measurement · grading · scoring · aptitude · proficiency · practice · mock · benchmark · dry-run · probation
heat
Transferred thermal energy
- semifinalSecond-to-last tournament stage
- finalLast and decisive
- eliminationAct of removing entirely
qualifier · round · match · bout · race · speed · preliminary · knockout · seeding
- eventsevent, events, party, parties, wedding
- courtroomjudge, jury, oath taking, lawyer, bench
- criminal justicearrest, jail, court, prison, crime
- lawlaw, lawyer, lawyers, attorney, attorneys
- legallawyer, judge, jury, verdict, case
- scientific researchresearch, experiment, study, lab experiments, field studies
trialsettlement
Resolved dispute or colony
plea bargain · dismissal · arbitration · summary judgment · mediation
trialpermanent
Fixed without end
final · established · standard · proven · definitive
- trial and errorLearning through repeated attempts
- on trialUnder legal judgment
- free trialComplimentary introductory access
- trial runPreliminary test attempt
- trial by fireTest through difficult experience
- fair trialImpartial judicial proceeding
trials, trial run, retrial, trialled, trialed, trialing, trial balloon, trialling, pretrial