tryout
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3.8
- noun
- /ˈtraɪˌaʊt/
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prueba
- When I was a boy in the 1950s, Little League tryouts were serious auditions.
- auditions and tryouts
- team tryouts
And so the tryout went extremely well.
- And so the tryout went extremely well.
- I may be a free agent going in for a tryout.
- The other club, they had tryouts to make the team to play us.
- So when I came to New York in in May, I got this Roach and prestige apartment and I then went to a bathing suit tryout, right?
- Well, I mean, for cheer tryouts, I I got dropped many times.
- So have you have you gotten any good tryout data?
- You know, the the rehear rehearsals and and and tryouts for for a drummer for this band is going to be a feta complete, right.
- All of this is a tryout for what they're trying to do with a Trump second term if he were to win in November.
Examples
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The basketball team held auditions to find new players at the tryout last Saturday.
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Coach needed 8 for a team, and only 8 showed up for tryouts.
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And so the tryout went extremely well.
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Is it a tryout situation like my daughter has this weekend?
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And so they gave me a tryout and I did really well with the tryout and they gave me the show.
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You just went there for your tryout last week.
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If we like you, we'll send you to a final tryout in Chicago.
Fiction book (2002) -
Will you give me a tryout?
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- I have a tryout for Newcastle United.
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The results of each tryout should be available to workshop participants.
Academic text (2003)
Synonyms
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1.0
A situation that challenges a person's ability or courage
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3.5
A short performance to get a role in music, theatre or film
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1.9
An activity where people answer questions to show what they know or can do
How Competitive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tryout comes from the two words try ('test') and out ('to see how something works'). So a tryout is a short test or audition where someone is checked to see if they are good enough for a team or a part.