percobaan — meaning in English

English meaning

• attempt verb To try to do something, especially something difficult, without guaranteed success.
• trial noun A formal examination of evidence in court to decide whether someone is guilty of a crime or liable in a dispute.

Senses

percobaan is used for these senses in English:

• attempt The action of trying at something. [1530]
• trial (legal) A meeting or series of meetings in a court of law at which evidence is presented to a judge (and sometimes a jury) to allow them to decide on a legal matter (especially whether an accused person is guilty of a crime).
• trial (archaic) The action of trying (to do) something, especially more than once. (This sense is still current in the expression trial and error.)

attempt — full definition

1. verb To try to do something, especially something difficult, without guaranteed success.
2. noun An effort to do something, especially one that may fail.

trial — full definition

1. noun A formal examination of evidence in court to decide whether someone is guilty of a crime or liable in a dispute.
2. noun A test used to check how well something works or performs.
3. noun A difficult or trying experience.
4. adj Done on an experimental or provisional basis, to test something out.

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