Akademik

try out
verb
1. put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to (Freq. 8)
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This approach has been tried with good results

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Test this recipe

• Syn: ↑test, ↑prove, ↑try, ↑examine, ↑essay
• Derivationally related forms:
↑examination (for: ↑examine), ↑examiner (for: ↑examine), ↑tryout, ↑trier (for: ↑try), ↑trial (for: ↑try), ↑test (for: ↑test), ↑testing (for: ↑test)
• Hypernyms: ↑evaluate, ↑pass judgment, ↑judge
• Hyponyms: ↑control, ↑verify, ↑float, ↑field-test
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

2. try something new, as in order to gain experience
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Students experiment sexually

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The composer experimented with a new style

• Syn: ↑experiment
• Derivationally related forms: ↑experimentation (for: ↑experiment)
• Verb Group: ↑experiment
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

3. perform in order to get a role
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She auditioned for a role on Broadway

• Syn: ↑audition
• Derivationally related forms: ↑tryout, ↑audition (for: ↑audition)
• Topics: ↑performing arts
• Hypernyms: ↑perform
• Hyponyms: ↑read
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

4. take a sample of
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Try these new crackers

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Sample the regional dishes

• Syn: ↑sample, ↑try, ↑taste
• Derivationally related forms:
↑taste (for: ↑taste), ↑taster (for: ↑taste), ↑tasting (for: ↑taste), ↑tryout, ↑trier (for: ↑try), ↑trial (for: ↑try), ↑sample (for: ↑sample), ↑sampler (for: ↑sample)
• Hypernyms: ↑consume, ↑ingest, ↑take in, ↑take, ↑have
• Hyponyms: ↑degust
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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They try out more bread

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intransitive verb
: to participate in competition for a position especially on an athletic team or in a play

try out for the basketball team

try out for the male lead

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try out
To test (see also ↑try-out above)
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Main Entry: ↑try

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ˌtry ˈout [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they try out he/she/it tries out present participle trying out past tense tried out past participle tried out] phrasal verb
to test someone or something to see what they are like or whether they are suitable or effective

John hopes to try out his new running shoes this weekend.

try something out on someone:

Why don’t you try your Italian out on Francesca?

Thesaurus: to test something or someonesynonym
Main entry: try

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try out [phrasal verb]
chiefly US : to compete for a position on an athletic team or a part in a play

She tried out [=auditioned] and got the lead role.

— often + for

He tried out for the golf team.

see also ↑try 2, 3 (above), 1, ↑tryout
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Main Entry: ↑try

Useful english dictionary. 2012.