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try out
| Main Entry: |
try on/try out
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | evaluate, test |
| Synonyms: | appraise, audition, check out, demonstrate, experiment, fit, give a try, have a dry run, have a fitting, inspect, practice, probe, prove, put into practice, put to the test, sample, scrutinize, taste, try for size, wear |
| Antonyms: | abstain |
| Main Entry: | examine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ask questions pointedly |
| Synonyms: | catechize, check, cross-examine, experiment, give the third, give the third degree, grill, inquire, interrogate, judge, measure, pump, put through the wringer, query, quiz, try, try out, weigh |
| Main Entry: | experiment |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | investigate, test |
| Synonyms: | analyze, assay, diagnose, examine, explore, fool with, futz around, mess around, play around with, practice with, probe, prove, put to the test, research, sample, scrutinize, search, shake down, speculate, study, try, try on, try on for size, try out, venture, verify, weigh |
| Main Entry: | practice |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | repeat action to improve |
| Synonyms: | become seasoned, build up, discipline, do again, dress, dress rehearse, drill, dry run, exercise, go over, habituate, hone, iterate, polish, prepare, recite, rehearse, run through, shake-down, sharpen, study, train, try out, tune up, walk through, warm up, work, work out |
| Main Entry: | rehearse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prepare for performance |
| Synonyms: | act, depict, describe, do over, drill, dry run, experiment, go over, go through, hold a reading, hone, iterate, learn one's part, narrate, practice, ready, recapitulate, recite, recount, reenact, reiterate, relate, repeat, review, run lines, run through, study, take from the top, tell, test, train, try out, tune up, walk through, warm up, work out |
| Antonyms: | go cold turkey |
| Main Entry: | substantiate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | back up a statement, idea |
| Synonyms: | actualize, affirm, approve, attest to, authenticate, bear out, check out, check up, complete, confirm, corroborate, debunk, demonstrate, establish, incarnate, justify, manifest, materialize, objectify, personify, prove, ratify, realize, reify, support, test, try, try on, try out, validate, verify |
| Antonyms: | break, disprove |
| Main Entry: | test |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | examine, quiz |
| Synonyms: | analyze, assay, assess, check, confirm, demonstrate, experiment, experimentalize, give a tryout, inquire, investigate, look into, make a trial run, match up, prove, prove out, put to the test, question, run idea by someone, run it up a flagpole, see how it flies, see how the wind blows, send up a balloon, shake down, stack up, substantiate, try, try on, try on for size, try out, validate, verify |
| Main Entry: | try |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | experiment, test |
| Synonyms: | appraise, assay, check, check out, evaluate, examine, inspect, investigate, judge, prove, put to the proof, put to the test, sample, scrutinize, taste, try out, weigh |
| Notes: | an endeavor is a purposeful or industrious undertaking that requires effort; try is an attempt or effort |
| Antonyms: | abstain |
| Main Entry: | undertake |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attempt, engage in |
| Synonyms: | address oneself, agree, answer for, bargain, begin, commence, commit, commit oneself, contract, covenant, devote, embark, endeavor, enter upon, fall into, go about, go for, go in for, go into, guarantee, have a hand in, have a try, hazard, initiate, launch, make a run at, move, offer, pitch in, pledge, promise, set about, set in motion, set out, shoulder, stake, stipulate, tackle, take on, take the plunge, take upon oneself, try, try out, venture, volunteer |
| Antonyms: | abstain, forego, forget |
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