try

Etymology 1
From, from , , of uncertain origin. It is probably related to 🇨🇬 (see also 🇨🇬). Alternatively, believed to be a metathetic variation of 🇨🇬, from, from , from , see. Related to 🇨🇬, although the Occitan verb could also be a borrowing from French. Alternatively or by confluence, the Old French is from Gallo-Roman, of unknown origin.

Replaced native 🇨🇬 (from 🇨🇬), 🇨🇬 (from 🇨🇬), and 🇨🇬 (from 🇨🇬).

Verb

 * 1) To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
 * 2)  To divide; to separate.
 * 3) To separate (precious metal etc.) from the ore by melting; to purify, refine.
 * 4)  To winnow; to sift; to pick out; frequently followed by out.
 * 5)  To extract oil from blubber or fat; to melt down blubber to obtain oil
 * 6) To extract wax from a honeycomb
 * 7) To test, to work out.
 * 8) To make an experiment. Usually followed by a present participle.
 * 9) To put to test.
 * 10)  To test someone's patience.
 * 11)  To receive an imminent attack; to take.
 * 12) * 1999, , "The X-Change Student" (season 1, episode 6a):
 * Mona: Try this vampire bolt on for size!
 * Cedric: Why don't you try this alien bolt?
 * 1) To taste, sample, etc.
 * 2) To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test.
 * 3)  To attempt to determine (by experiment or effort).
 * 4)  To put on trial.
 * 5) To experiment, to strive.
 * 6) To have or gain knowledge of by experience.
 * 7) To work on something with one's best effort and focus.
 * 8)  To do; to fare.
 * 9) To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms.
 * 10)  To attempt to conceive a child.
 * 11)  To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
 * 12) To strain; to subject to excessive tests.
 * 13)  To want, to desire.
 * Mona: Try this vampire bolt on for size!
 * Cedric: Why don't you try this alien bolt?
 * 1) To taste, sample, etc.
 * 2) To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test.
 * 3)  To attempt to determine (by experiment or effort).
 * 4)  To put on trial.
 * 5) To experiment, to strive.
 * 6) To have or gain knowledge of by experience.
 * 7) To work on something with one's best effort and focus.
 * 8)  To do; to fare.
 * 9) To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms.
 * 10)  To attempt to conceive a child.
 * 11)  To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
 * 12) To strain; to subject to excessive tests.
 * 13)  To want, to desire.
 * 1) To experiment, to strive.
 * 2) To have or gain knowledge of by experience.
 * 3) To work on something with one's best effort and focus.
 * 4)  To do; to fare.
 * 5) To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms.
 * 6)  To attempt to conceive a child.
 * 7)  To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
 * 8) To strain; to subject to excessive tests.
 * 9)  To want, to desire.
 * 1) To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms.
 * 2)  To attempt to conceive a child.
 * 3)  To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
 * 4) To strain; to subject to excessive tests.
 * 5)  To want, to desire.
 * 1)  To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
 * 2) To strain; to subject to excessive tests.
 * 3)  To want, to desire.
 * 1)  To want, to desire.
 * 1)  To want, to desire.

Usage notes

 * This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. Conjugations unmarked for tense can take instead of to, for which also see Citations:try.
 * And still requires that the two verbs be in the same mood, as and normally does, but the second verb must still be in the bare form as it is after to. For this reason, and can only be used where both try and the subsequent verb are in the unmarked form. Accordingly, He will try and explain, I try and explain, and the imperative Try and explain occur, but not *He tries and explain/explains, *He tried and explain/explained, or *He is trying and explain/explaining. In the latter contexts, only to will be used: He tried to explain. Because try and is often prescriptively deprecated, it is best avoided in formal writing (aiming for the audience's approval), but descriptively it is a fact that try and is an idiomatic form.
 * And still requires that the two verbs be in the same mood, as and normally does, but the second verb must still be in the bare form as it is after to. For this reason, and can only be used where both try and the subsequent verb are in the unmarked form. Accordingly, He will try and explain, I try and explain, and the imperative Try and explain occur, but not *He tries and explain/explains, *He tried and explain/explained, or *He is trying and explain/explaining. In the latter contexts, only to will be used: He tried to explain. Because try and is often prescriptively deprecated, it is best avoided in formal writing (aiming for the audience's approval), but descriptively it is a fact that try and is an idiomatic form.
 * And still requires that the two verbs be in the same mood, as and normally does, but the second verb must still be in the bare form as it is after to. For this reason, and can only be used where both try and the subsequent verb are in the unmarked form. Accordingly, He will try and explain, I try and explain, and the imperative Try and explain occur, but not *He tries and explain/explains, *He tried and explain/explained, or *He is trying and explain/explaining. In the latter contexts, only to will be used: He tried to explain. Because try and is often prescriptively deprecated, it is best avoided in formal writing (aiming for the audience's approval), but descriptively it is a fact that try and is an idiomatic form.


 * This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing).
 * See Appendix:English catenative verbs
 * In older forms of English, when the pronoun thou was in active use, and verbs used -est for distinct second-person singular indicative forms, the verb try had the form triest, and had triedst for its past tense.
 * Similarly, when the ending -eth was in active use for third-person singular present indicative forms, the form trieth was used.

Synonyms

 * , //etc. 's, , , , ,
 * , //etc. 's, , , , ,

Translations

 * American Sign Language: T@NearInsideChesthigh-PalmAcross-T@NearInsideChesthigh-PalmAcross T@InsideChesthigh-PalmDown-T@InsideChesthigh-PalmDown
 * Arabic:
 * Egyptian Arabic: حَاوِل
 * Hijazi Arabic: حاول, جَرَّب
 * South Levantine Arabic: حاول, جَرَّب
 * Armenian:
 * Assamese: চেষ্টা কৰা
 * Azerbaijani: cəhd etmək
 * Belarusian: спрабава́ць, паспрабава́ць; стара́цца, пастара́цца
 * Belizean Creole: chrai
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: постаравам се, ,
 * Catalan:, tractar de
 * Cebuano: sulay
 * Cherokee: ᎠᏁᏟᏗᎭ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:, ; pokoušet se,
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto: provi
 * Estonian:, üritama
 * Faroese: royna
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:, ,
 * Friulian: tentâ, provâ
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: სინჯვა, ცდა
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: πειράομαι, ζητέω
 * Hebrew:, ניסה
 * Higaonon: sulay
 * Hindi: कोशिश करना
 * Hungarian:, , , ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: proovata, yrittää, pruukata
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: 挑戦する,, , やってみる,
 * Kituba: meka, kumeka
 * Korean:, , ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: ھەوڵ دان
 * Latgalian: raudzeit, paraudzeit
 * Latin: ,
 * Latvian: mēģināt
 * Lingala: meka
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: опитува, проба, обидува, искушува
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam:
 * Maore Comorian: djereɓu
 * Mongolian:
 * Nepali: खोज्नु
 * Ngazidja Comorian: lauza, sana
 * Norman: tenter, tâchi
 * Norwegian:, forsøke
 * Occitan: ,
 * Old English: onġinnan
 * Oromo: yaaluu
 * Papiamentu: purba
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Romansch: empruvar, pruar, pruver, provar
 * Russian:, , , , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: feuch
 * Serbo-Croatian:, покушати
 * Slovak: pokúšať sa, pokúsiť sa
 * Slovene: poskušati, poskusiti
 * Sorbian:
 * Upper Sorbian: spytać
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swazi: etama
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Ukrainian: про́бувати, стара́тися, намага́тися
 * Venetian: tantar,, ,
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Volapük:
 * Walloon:
 * Welsh:
 * Xhosa: zama
 * Yiddish:, פּרובירן
 * Zulu: zama


 * American Sign Language: T@NearInsideChesthigh-PalmAcross-T@NearInsideChesthigh-PalmAcross T@InsideChesthigh-PalmDown-T@InsideChesthigh-PalmDown
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:, експериментирам
 * Catalan:, , tractar de
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: testi, provi
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, ,
 * German:, , ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: próbaképpen
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: ئیش لەسەرکردن
 * Latin: experior
 * Malayalam: ,
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Mongolian: ᠲᠤᠷᠰᠢᠬᠤ
 * Norman: tenter, tâchi
 * Persian:, ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: feuch
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: proběrowaś
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai: ,
 * Vietnamese:


 * Armenian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: provi, prilabori, penadi
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: sich befassen, sich beschäftigen mit
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Malayalam:
 * Portuguese: esforçar-se
 * Romanian: se forța,
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:


 * Armenian: ,
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Danish: afprøve
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: testi
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: tástáil
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: تاقی کردن
 * Latin: experior
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: feuch
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Thai: ,


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 嘗味
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:, provi
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Friulian: cercjâ
 * German:, , ,
 * Hungarian:,  ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: proovata, yrittää, pruukata
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: សាកល្បង
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: تام کردن
 * Lao: ຊີມ
 * Malayalam:
 * Mòcheno: kostn
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Quechua: llaqway,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: feuch
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: proběrowaś
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: ,
 * Vietnamese:


 * Arabic: حَاكَمَ
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Danish: afprøve,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: testi, procesi
 * Finnish:
 * French: traduire en justice
 * German: den machen, vor  stellen, vor Gericht verhandeln,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: bíróság elé állít,
 * Italian: mettere alla prova
 * Japanese: 裁判に掛ける
 * Malayalam: വിചാരണ നടത്തുക
 * Norwegian: stille for retten
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh:


 * Dutch:
 * Ido:
 * Italian:, (to do di fare),  (to do di fare) (1),  (2)
 * Korean:
 * Marathi:
 * Norman:
 * Norwegian: (1,2,3,5),  (4)
 * Romanian:
 * Telugu:

Noun

 * 1) An attempt.
 * 2) An act of tasting or sampling.
 * 3)  A score in rugby league and rugby union, analogous to a touchdown in American football.
 * 4)  A screen, or sieve, for grain.
 * 5)  A field goal or extra point
 * 6)  A move that almost solves a chess problem, except that Black has a unique defense.
 * 7)  A block of code that may trigger exceptions the programmer expects to catch, usually demarcated by the keyword try.
 * 1)  A screen, or sieve, for grain.
 * 2)  A field goal or extra point
 * 3)  A move that almost solves a chess problem, except that Black has a unique defense.
 * 4)  A block of code that may trigger exceptions the programmer expects to catch, usually demarcated by the keyword try.
 * 1)  A move that almost solves a chess problem, except that Black has a unique defense.
 * 2)  A block of code that may trigger exceptions the programmer expects to catch, usually demarcated by the keyword try.

Synonyms

 * (American football)
 * (American football)
 * (American football)
 * (American football)

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Baluchi: کوشست, جہد
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: ცდა
 * German:, , ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: ھەوڵ
 * Latin: conatus, temptāmen, temptāmentum
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: forsøk
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: feuchainn
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: sự thử, lần thử


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:, , maistelu
 * Georgian: დაგემოვნება
 * German: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: تام
 * Persian: چشش
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: feuchainn
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, provsmakning
 * Turkish:


 * Afrikaans:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:, položení
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian: ლელო
 * German:
 * Irish: úd
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: トライ
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Welsh:


 * French: ,
 * Romanian:

Etymology 2
Probably from.

Adjective

 * 1)  Fine, excellent.

Etymology
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1)  a score in rugby
 * 2)   block of code that may trigger exceptions
 * 1)   block of code that may trigger exceptions