Meanings
verbtry out (third-person singular simple present tries out, present participle trying out, simple past and past participle tried out)
present singular third person tries out · participle present trying out · participle past tried out · past tried out
- transitiveTo test (something) to see how it works or whether it is suitable.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbput to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic جَرَّبَ
- جَرَّبَ (jarraba)to test something
Catalan provar
- provarto test something
Chinese Mandarin 試用 /试用
- 試用 /试用 (shìyòng)to test something
Dutch uitproberen
- uitproberento test something
Esperanto provi
- provito test something
Finnish kokeilla, testata
- kokeillato test something
- testatato test something
- kokeillato undergo a test; to audition
French essayer, expérimenter
- essayerto test something
- expérimenterto test something
- mettre à l’essaito test something
German ausprobieren, probieren
- ausprobierento test something
- probierento test something
Hungarian kipróbál
- kipróbálto test something
Italian saggiare, collaudare
- saggiareto test something
- collaudareto test something
- testareto test something
Japanese 試す, 試してみる
- 試す (tamesu)to test something
- 試してみる (tameshite miru)to test something
- 試みる (kokoromiru)to test something
Norwegian utprøve
- utprøveto test something
Portuguese provar, experimentar
- provarto test something
- experimentarto test something
Russian про́бовать, попро́бовать
- про́бовать (próbovatʹ)to test something
- попро́бовать (popróbovatʹ)to test something
- эксперименти́ровать (eksperimentírovatʹ)to test something
Scottish Gaelic feuch, feuch
- feuchto test something
- feuchto undergo a test; to audition
Spanish probar, ensayar
- probarto test something
- ensayarto test something
- experimentarto test something
- hacer una probaturato undergo a test; to audition
- presentarse a las probaturasto undergo a test; to audition
Swedish pröva, testa
- prövato test something
- testato test something
- utprövato test something
Thai ลอง
- ลอง (lɔɔng)to test something
Ukrainian про́бувати, спро́бувати
- про́бувати (próbuvaty)to test something
- спро́бувати (spróbuvaty)to test something
- експерементува́ти (eksperementuváty)to test something
Cite this entry
APA
try out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/try%20out
MLA
“try out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/try%20out. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “try out,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/try%20out.
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