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One Day Before She Died of Cancer, TikToker Deborah Finck Watched Daughter Try on Wedding Dresses: 'Will Remember Forever'
try is often close to attempt but may stress effort or experiment made in the hope of testing or proving something.
TRY definition: 1. to attempt to do something: 2. to test something to see if it is suitable or useful or if it…. Learn more.
If you try a door or window, you try to open it. Bob tried the door. To his surprise, it opened. [VERB noun]
The phrase try and is often used where try to is expected: Try and stop me. Though try and is found in all levels of speech and writing, it is sometimes considered inappropriate in formal contexts. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
to attempt to do or accomplish: Try it before you say it's simple. to test the effect or result of (often fol. by out): to try a new method; to try a recipe out. to endeavor to evaluate by experiment or experience: to try a new field; to try a new book.
try (third-person singular simple present tries, present participle trying, simple past and past participle tried) To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive. quotations . I tried to rollerblade, but I couldn’t. Can you start the car? —I'll try (to).
idiom (try (one's) hand) To attempt to do something for the first time. idiom (try (one's) fortune) To make an effort or take a risk to be successful, especially as a newcomer. from The Century Dictionary. noun The act of trying; a trial; experiment; effort.