Adjective: trialed trI-uld
Usage: US (elsewhere: trialled)
Usage: US (elsewhere: trialled)
- Tested, as in a drug trial run by a pharmaceutical company
"The new vaccine was trialed on thousands of volunteers";
- trialled [Brit, Cdn]
- Attempt to determine the quality, value, or truth of something by testing or experiment
"The company trialed the new software before its official release";
- test, prove, try, try out, examine, essay
- Test or introduce something on a small scale before wider implementation
"The company trialed the new system in three stores";
- pilot
Type of: evaluate, judge, pass judgment
Encyclopedia: Trial