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Plural of trial

regular plural

The plural of trial is trials.

Forms of trial

Singulartrial /ˈtɹaɪəl/
Pluraltrials /ˈtɹaɪəlz/
Countablecountable

Trials in a sentence

  • They will perform the trials for the new equipment next week.
  • soccer trials; sheepdog trials
  • We have survived our trials; yours are in the post.From the entry in the post
  • I went through my usual trials and tribulations of the day, and now I am here visiting you.From the entry trials and tribulations
  • I managed to draw my wife a leaf after weeks of trials and failures.2025 December 28, Lord_Sahs, “My Very First Leaf”, in reddit.com, archived from the original on 07 Aug 2026. From the entry Quasimoto

Meaning of trial

  1. noun An occasion on which a person or thing is tested to find out how well they perform or how suitable they are.
  2. noun The testing of a product or procedure.
  3. noun A research study to test the effectiveness and safety of a drug, medical procedure, etc.

Full definition of trial

Questions about the plural of trial

What is the plural of trial?
The plural of trial is trials.
Is trial countable?
Trial is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: trial (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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