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TRIED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tested and proved to be reliable
Synonyms:
tested; time-tested; tried; tried and true
Classified under:
Similar:
dependable; reliable (worthy of reliance or trust)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Tested and proved useful or correct
Example:
a tested method
Synonyms:
tested; tried; well-tried
Classified under:
Similar:
proved; proven (established beyond doubt)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb try
Context examples:
But she will be tried today, and you will then hear all.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
The scientists also tried to understand how its folds contribute to the formation of the pattern.
(Saddle-shaped origami enables new microelectronic applications, National Science Foundation)
Dr. Trindade tried to ease the widespread concern over yellow fever.
(Aedes mosquitoes almost impossible to eradicate, says Brazilian researcher, Agência Brasil)
My being the mother is the very reason why my feelings should not be tried.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
Have you ever tried to find a friend in a large crowd?
(How the brain pays attention to faces and places, NIH)
The girl hadn’t responded to any medications her doctors had tried.
(Gene linked to rare inflammatory disease in children, NIH)
I went back to the room, and taking a lamp, tried all the doors.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
He tried it again, with the same result.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
You tried it in the Consistory.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
This made me mad, and I caught her arm and tried to pull her through the window.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
