# tried

Pronunciation: say "TRYD" /tɹaɪd/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of try. — simple past and past participle of try
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of try. Use it for something someone attempted or tested earlier.
   - _He tried to open the jammed window for several minutes._
   - _Every approach the team had tried so far failed to fix the problem._

## Adjective

2. Proven through testing to be firm or reliable.
   - Simple: Shown to be strong and reliable after being tested.
   - _Decades of steady service made her a tried and trusted advisor._
   - _The engineers relied on tried methods rather than risky experiments._
3. Brought before a court of law and put on trial.
   - Simple: Brought before a court of law to be judged.
   - _Defendants tried before a jury may appeal an unfavorable verdict._
   - _The suspects tried last spring all received lengthy sentences._

## Origin

From Middle English tried or tryed, equivalent to "try" plus the suffix "-ed".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/tried (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).