Was (wer) ist Try - definition
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TRY; Try (song); Try (disambiguation)
try
(tries, trying, tried)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
If you try to do something, you want to do it, and you take action which you hope will help you to do it.
He secretly tried to block her advancement in the Party...
Does it annoy you if others do things less well than you would, or don't seem to try hard enough?...
I tried calling him when I got here but he wasn't at home...
No matter how bad you feel, keep trying.
VERB: V to-inf, V adv, V -ing, V
•
Try is also a noun.
It wasn't that she'd really expected to get any money out of him; it had just seemed worth a try...
N-COUNT
2.
To try and do something means to try to do it. (INFORMAL)
I must try and see him.
VERB: V and inf
3.
If you try for something, you make an effort to get it or achieve it.
My partner and I have been trying for a baby for two years...
He said he was going to try for first place next year.
VERB: V for n, V for n
4.
If you try something new or different, you use it, do it, or experience it in order to discover its qualities or effects.
It's best not to try a new recipe for the first time on such an important occasion...
I have tried painting the young shoots with weed poisoner, but this does not kill them off.
VERB: V n, V -ing
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Try is also a noun.
If you're still sceptical about exercising, we can only ask you to trust us and give it a try.
N-COUNT: usu sing
5.
If you try a particular place or person, you go to that place or person because you think that they may be able to provide you with what you want.
Have you tried the local music shops?
VERB: V n
6.
If you try a door or window, you try to open it.
Bob tried the door. To his surprise it opened.
VERB: V n
7.
When a person is tried, he or she has to appear in a law court and is found innocent or guilty after the judge and jury have heard the evidence. When a legal case is tried, it is considered in a court of law.
He suggested that those responsible should be tried for crimes against humanity...
Whether he is innocent or guilty is a decision that will be made when the case is tried in court...
The military court which tried him excluded two of his lawyers...
VERB: be V-ed for n, be V-ed, V n
8.
In the game of rugby, a try is the action of scoring by putting the ball down behind the goal line of the opposing team.
The French, who led 21-3 at half time, scored eight tries.
N-COUNT
9.
10.
If you say that something fails but not for want of trying or not for lack of trying, you mean that everything possible was done to make it succeed.
Not all is perfect, but it isn't for want of trying.
PHRASE: with neg, it v-link PHR, PHR with cl
11.
try
I. v. a.
1.
Examine, test, prove, make experiment of, make trial of, put to the test, put to proof, prove by experiment.
2.
Experience, have knowledge of (by trial).
3.
Attempt, essay.
4.
(Law.) Hear, examine judicially, adjudicate, adjudge.
5.
Purify, refine.
6.
Subject to trial, put to the test, sound.
II. v. n.
Attempt, endeavor, strive, aim, seek, make an effort, make essay, do one's best, do all that in one lies, strain every nerve.
III. n.
Attempt, experiment, trial, act of trying.
try
I
n.
1) to have, make a try at
2) (colloq.) to give it, smt. a try
3) (rugby) to score a try
4) a try at, for
5) a try to + inf. (they made another try to have the decision reversed)
6) (misc.) (AE; colloq.) to give it the old college try ('to make a determined effort')
II
v.
1) to try hard; to try one's best
2) (D; intr.) ('to attempt') to try for (to try for a prize)
3) (D; tr.) ('to subject to trial') to try for (they tried her for murder)
4) (E) ('to attempt') she tried to telephone us
5) (G) ('to attempt') he tried jogging, but his ankles would hurt USAGE NOTES:
1) The phrase try and do smt. is a colloq. variant of try to do smt., but has no past tense.
2) The sentence she tried to jog usu. means that she never was able to jog; she tried jogging means that she was able to jog, but gave it up after a while.
Aussprachebeispiele für Try
1. Try, try, try, try, try.
Ryan Serhant _ Big Money Energy _ Talks at Google
2. Try, try, try, try.
Ryan Serhant _ Big Money Energy _ Talks at Google
3. But try, try, try.
Mars and Beyond - Exploring Today for Tomorrow _ Dava Newman _ Talks at Google
4. Try, try, try again.
_ John Cleese _ Talks at Google
5. try, and try, and try, and try, and keep trying.
The Second Digital Turn _ Mario Carpo _ Talks at Google
Beispiele aus Textkorpus für Try
1. AM CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –– For the space shuttle Atlantis, it‘s try, try, try, try, try again.
2. "They will try and try and try again to accomplish their mission.
3. As the old adage goes, if at first you don‘t succeed – try, try and try again!
4. "They will try to kill, try to assault, try to butcher people, but they won‘t succeed," Chamisa said.
5. At his swearing–in ceremony, Kucinich summed up his political career: If at first you don‘t succeed, try, try, try, try, try again.‘‘ Privacy policy | Terms & conditions | Advertising guide | A–Z index | About this site