try meaning
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[tɹaɪ] [t͡ʃɹaɪ] [-aɪ] 
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- A try is a way of scoring points in rugby union and rugby league football. A try is scored by grounding the ball in the opposition's in-goal area (on or behind the goal line).
- The term try comes from try at goal, signifying that originally, grounding the ball only gave the opportunity to try to score with a kick at goal.
- A try is analogous to a touchdown in American and Canadian football,
- NounPLtries
- An attempt.
- I gave unicycling a try but I couldn’t do it.
- An act of tasting or sampling.
- I gave sushi a try but I didn’t like it.
- (rugby) A score in rugby, analogous to a touchdown in American football.
- Today I scored my first try.
- (Britain, dialect, obsolete) A screen, or sieve, for grain.
- (American football) a field goal or extra point.
- An attempt.
- VerbSGtriesPRtryingPT, PPtried
- To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
- I tried to rollerblade, but I couldn’t. I'll come to dinner soon. I'm trying to beat this level first.
- (obsolete) To divide; to separate.
- euery feend his busie paines applide, / To melt the golden metall, ready to be tride.
- to try out the wild corn from the good
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir T. Elyot to this entry?)
- To test, to work out.
- I tried mixing more white paint to get a lighter shade.
- I shall try my skills on this; you are trying my patience
- Try this—you’ll love it.
- to try weights or measures by a standard; to try a person's opinions
- He was tried and executed.
- To experiment, to strive.
- Try the Libyan heat or Scythian cold.
- You are trying too hard.
- How do you try! (i.e., how do you do?)
- to try rival claims by a duel; to try conclusions
- (nautical) To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
- To strain; to subject to excessive tests.
- The light tries his eyes.
- Repeated failures try one's patience.
- To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
- AdjectiveCOMmore trySUPmost try
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- They called Indians like him — that is, any Indian who tried to make it by working within the system — a "Tonto."
- The authorities are trying to crack down on drunk driving during the holidays.
- We tried to comfort him, but he said it warn't much use, he couldn't be much comforted.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- Try taking the skirt in a little around the waist.
- tried it again; same story, no error message, nothing happened.
- Try to remember next time, but don’t fret — I won’t jump down your throat if you forget.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- The call wouldn't get through no matter how many times I tried.
- You forget that I'm a working-man and horny-handed, so it's safer not to try.
- Since that set of articles is already fairly complete, they might serve as a good test bed for the different organizational systems we want to try.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of try in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Control verbs
- Control verbs
- Adjectives
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "try" is an adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, a control verb.