trial and error
trial and error noun: the process of finding a solution to a problem by trying many possible solutions and learning from mistakes until success is attained.
Noun
trial and error (usually uncountable, plural trials and errors)
- The process of finding a solution to a problem by trying many possible solutions and learning from mistakes until success is attained.
- Navigating by trial and error may get you there eventually, but using a map is faster.
- Trial and error was a big part of the process: "We need to fail down here so we don't fail up there," [Neil] Armstrong insists, though even some of the mistakes and malfunctions at ground level cause devastating casualties.2018 October 9, A. A. Dowd, “The Star and Director of La La Land Reunite for First Man’s Spectacular Trip to the Moon”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2020
trial and error meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Tagalog and Arabic
trial and error in Tamil
- பிழை திருத்தச் சுழற்சி
trial and error in Kannada
- ಮಾಡಿ ನೋಡು, ಕೈನೋಕೈತ
trial and error in Tagalog
- solution by learning from mistakes
- pagsubok at pagkakamali, babaso
trial and error in Arabic
- solution by learning from mistakes
- التَّجْرِبَة وَالْخَطَأ
More languagesFewer languages
- trial and error in Persian
- آزمون و خطا âzmun-o-xatâ, سعی و خطا sa'y-o-xatâ
- trial and error in Thai
- ลองผิดลองถูก lɔɔng-pìt lɔɔng-tùuk
- trial and error in Vietnamese
- phương pháp thử và sai
Forms of trial and error
| plural | trials and errors |
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Questions about trial and error
- What does trial and error mean?
- Trial and error means the process of finding a solution to a problem by trying many possible solutions and learning from mistakes until success is attained.
- What is trial and error in Tamil?
- Trial and error in Tamil is பிழை திருத்தச் சுழற்சி. See Trial and error meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is trial and error?
- Trial and error is a noun.
- What is the plural of trial and error?
- The plural of trial and error is trials and errors.
Words near trial and error in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: trial and error (page history and authors); trial and error (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); trial and error (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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