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How to pronounce “try”
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Pronunciation guide for try
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of try with real speech in context.
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- Definition summary
- To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
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How to pronounce try
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Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “try”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
- (obsolete) To divide; to separate.
- To test, to work out.
- To experiment, to strive.
- (nautical) To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
- To strain; to subject to excessive tests.
- (slang, chiefly African-American Vernacular, used with another verb) To want, to desire.
- [Noun]
- An attempt.
- An act of tasting or sampling.
- (rugby) A score in rugby league and rugby union, analogous to a touchdown in American football.
- (UK, dialect, obsolete) A screen, or sieve, for grain.
- (American football) A field goal or extra point
- (chess) A move that almost solves a chess problem, except that Black has a unique defense.
- (programming) A block of code that may trigger exceptions the programmer expects to catch, usually demarcated by the keyword try.
- [Adjective]
- (obsolete) Fine, excellent.
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