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provação — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ordeal noun A very difficult, painful, or exhausting experience.
  • trial noun A formal examination of evidence in court to decide whether someone is guilty of a crime or liable in a dispute.

Senses

provação is used for these senses in English:

  • trial A difficult or annoying experience or person; (especially, religion) such an experience seen as a test of faith and piety.

ordeal — full definition

  1. noun A very difficult, painful, or exhausting experience.
  2. noun Historically, a trial in which the accused was subjected to a dangerous physical test, the outcome believed to reveal guilt or innocence by divine judgment.

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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