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Trying something to find out about it
Answer for the clue "Trying something to find out about it ", 6 letters:
tryout
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A test of the suitability or effectiveness of a person or thing, especially of a performer (an audition) 2 A trial run
Wikipedia
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Tryout was an amateur press journal published from 1914 to 1946 by Charles W. Smith of Haverhill, Massachusetts . It was connected to the National Amateur Press Association. Smith (1852-1948) was a friend and correspondent of H. P. Lovecraft; Tryout was ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. trying something to find out about it; "a sample for ten days free trial"; "a trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain" [syn: trial , trial run , test ] a test of the suitability of a performer [syn: audition ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tryout \Try"out\, n. a test of the performance capability of a person, to ascertain fitness for a particular task; in sports, a test by which the fitness of a player or contestant to remain in a certain class is determined. (Theater) one or more performances ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also try-out , by 1900, from phrase to try out "to examine, test," attested by 1785.
Usage examples of tryout.
Needless to say, Barb went on to rhapsodize over how much dear little Scott Fleck had grown this past winter and didn't Sally agree that the boy deserved a tryout as pitcher for the Bobcats, too?
On the other hand, he had to do what was best for the team, and Dean had outflown Seamus at the tryouts.