trial run

Questions about trial run

What does trial run mean?

trial run means "trying something to find out about it".

What is another word for trial run?

Close synonyms include trial, test, tryout. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is trial run a common word?

trial run is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.