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tried

  • adjective
  • /tɹaɪd/

Tested, hence, proven to be firm or reliable.

Other meanings

  1. Put on trial, taken before a lawcourt.

Synonyms

  • tested
  • well-tried

Related words

  • fore-tried
  • nontried
  • tried and trusted
  • time-tried

Example sentences

  • “The harder we tried, the further it seemed.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

  • “They never tried to talk me out of it.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

  • “I tried to fix it.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Word history

From Middle English "tried".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “tried” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.