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tryout::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | test, trial, trial run |
| Type of | experiment, experimentation |
| Has types | trial balloon, beta test, field test, field trial, road test, alpha test |
| Derivation | try out |
tryout::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | audition |
| Type of | run, test, trial |
| Has types | screen test |
| Derivation | try out |
Examples of tryout
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That won't be the case when up to 50 boys tryout for their JV and varsity teams.
From the freep.com
The Bengals gave him a tryout in the offseason and decided to give him a chance.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Grant said he went out for the USC baseball team, but the tryout lasted 10 days.
From the al.com
His replacement is Martin Mayhew, in a tryout period for the full-time GM's job.
From the inrich.com
Tryout times vary by age group and are available at illinoisindiansbaseball.com.
From the dailyherald.com
It is unclear if he's just having a tryout now or if the job is his permanently.
From the buffalonews.com
Carolina cut through this tournament like Mia Hamm through a high school tryout.
From the newsobserver.com
Notes Sykora was signed to a one-year contract after attending camp as a tryout.
From the slapshot.blogs.nytimes.com
Levi left the tryout thinking he did OK, though he didn't expect to get the role.
From the dailynews.com
- Trial: trying something to find out about it; "a sample for ten days free trial"; "a trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain"
- Audition: a test of the suitability of a performer
- Tryout was an amateur press journal published from 1914-1946 by Charles W. Smith of Haverhill, Massachusetts. It was connected to the National Amateur Press Association.
- Tryout is staging a legitimate theatre performance at an off-site venue for evaluation and possible revision before going to Broadway or the West End. The Shubert Theatre (New Haven) is an example of a theatre specializing in such tryouts in Broadway.
- (The Tryouts) The Tryouts is a science fiction short story by Barry B. Longyear. It was first published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine in 1978.
- Preparatory run to check or test equipment, lubricant, stock, tools, or methods prior to a production run. Production tryout is run with tools previously approved; new die tryout is run with new tools not previously approved.
- The testing of a prototype or some subset of its elements, under actual or simulated conditions that are representative of those in the targeted system.
