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“try”
tri-, try
tri- (TRIGH) (adjective)
A prefix used to indicate three of something: "He wore a tricorn hat to the parade."
try (TRIGH) (verb)
1. To attempt to do something, to experiment with something: "He will try a dish of pistachio ice cream this afternoon."
2. To undertake a judicial procedure to determine the guilt or innocence of an individual: "The judge agreed to try the traffic offender without a jury."
2. To undertake a judicial procedure to determine the guilt or innocence of an individual: "The judge agreed to try the traffic offender without a jury."
It's a good idea to try to use the prefix tri- to form many words that mean "three" plus whatever word element it is attached to; such as, "tripod, triple, triangle", and many others which can be seen by going to this tri-, tre- unit shown on this Word Info site.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group T; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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“try”
(Latin: test, tested; try; experiment; risk, danger, dangerous, hazardous)
(Latin: touch, feel; try; reach; handle; evaluate, estimate)