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say it: trahy
try is a verb and noun meaning "make an effort or attempt". It is pronounced /ˈtɹaɪ/ — trahy. It carries 10 recorded senses.
make an effort or attempt
“He tried to shake off his fears”
“The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps”
“The police attempted to stop the thief”
“He sought to improve himself”
“She always seeks to do good in the world”
put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
“The football star was tried for the murder of his wife”
“The judge tried both father and son in separate trials”
earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
“made an effort to cover all the reading material”
“wished him luck in his endeavor”
“she gave it a good try”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for try come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.