trial or test to assess fitness for some purpose, ascertaining of performance characteristics, audition
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Tryout Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
tryout
\try"out\ (?), n. (sports) a test by which the fitness of a player or contestant to remain in a certain class is determined.
tryout
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1. trying something to find out about it; "a sample for ten days free trial"; "a trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain" [syn: trial, trial run, test]
2. a test of the suitability of a performer [syn: audition]
Noun
1. trying something to find out about it; "a sample for ten days free trial"; "a trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain"
(synonym) trial, trial run, test
(hypernym) experiment, experimentation
(hyponym) field trial, field test
(derivation) test, prove, try, try out, examine, essay
2. a test of the suitability of a performer
(synonym) audition
(hypernym) test, trial, run
(hyponym) screen test
(derivation) audition, try out
Tryout Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Tryout was an amateur press journal published from 1914-1946 by Charles W. Smith of Haverhill, Massachusetts. It was connected to the National Amateur Press Association.
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