try
part of speech
verb (try, tries, tried, trying); noun (a try, tries)
meaning for a pupil
1) To make an effort to do something: "Try to finish." tree →
2) To test something to see if it works or if you like it: "Try this cake." tree →
3) To judge someone in a law court. tree →
4) As a noun, an attempt: "Have a try." tree →
5) In rugby, points scored by putting the ball down behind the line. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Lamentations people say "let us search and try our ways", meaning to examine their deeds and return to God. Job says the ear tries words as the palate tastes food. Interpretation: Tradition reads the command "Ye shall not try the LORD" as forbidding demands for proof of God's care, as Israel did at Massah. It reads the call to search and try our ways as the start of repentance. In the primary lessons: In school, trying is how you learn: try again, try your best, mistakes help you learn. In maths: "trial and improvement" means try a number, check, then try again. Phrases: try on (clothes), try out, try your best, give it a try, try hard.
examples
- Ye shall not try the LORD your God, as ye tried Him in Massah. (Torah DEU.6.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- Wherefore the people strove with Moses, and said: 'Give us water that we may drink.' And Moses said unto them: 'Why strive ye with me? wherefore do ye try the LORD?' (Torah EXO.17.2, JPS 1917) tree →
- Let us search and try our ways, and return to the LORD. (Writings LAM.3.40, JPS 1917) tree →
- And that Thou shouldest remember him every morning, and try him every moment? (Writings JOB.7.18, JPS 1917) tree →
- Doth not the ear try words, even as the palate tasteth its food? (Writings JOB.12.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- Try your best. tree →
- Can I try your bike? tree →
- If you fail, try again. tree →
- Try on these shoes. tree →
- Try a number and check if it works. tree →
- He scored a try in rugby. tree →
- I tried to lift the box, but it was too heavy. tree →
- Have a try at this puzzle. tree →
- "I will try," said Mignon gently. tree →
note
He/she form: "tries"; past "tried" (y → ie). "Try to do" is correct; "try and do" is informal. In rugby, a try is worth 5 points (rugby union).
In the corpora
- Ye shall not try the LORD your God, as ye tried Him in Massah.
- But Ahaz said: 'I will not ask, neither will I try the LORD.'
- Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have tried thee in the furnace of affliction.
- I have made thee a tower and a fortress among My people; that thou mayest know and try their way.
- The LORD trieth the righteous; but the wicked and him that loveth violence His soul hateth.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «try» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.