опыт — meaning in English
opyt
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English meaning
- assay noun A test that determines the composition or purity of a substance, or the potency of a drug or biological sample.
- attempt verb To try to do something, especially something difficult, without guaranteed success.
- background noun The part of a scene or image that lies behind the main subject.
- experience noun Knowledge or skill gained by doing something over time.
- experiment noun A controlled test carried out to check a hypothesis or discover something new.
- trial noun A formal examination of evidence in court to decide whether someone is guilty of a crime or liable in a dispute.
Senses
опыт is used for these senses in English:
- assay Trial, attempt.
- attempt The action of trying at something. [1530]
- background One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.
- experience (usually, uncountable) A collection of events and/or activities from which an individual or group may gather knowledge, opinions, and skills.
- experience (uncountable) The knowledge thus gathered.
- experiment A test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of something previously untried.
- 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.)
assay — full definition
- noun A test that determines the composition or purity of a substance, or the potency of a drug or biological sample.
- verb To carry out such a test on a substance, especially an ore or metal.
attempt — full definition
- verb To try to do something, especially something difficult, without guaranteed success.
- noun An effort to do something, especially one that may fail.