tries

1. 1
   verb

   Third-person singular present of try. Use this form with he, she, or it.

   She tries to finish her homework before dinner.

   He tries every door until one finally opens.

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2. 2
   noun

   Plural of try. Use it when there is more than one attempt.

   After several tries, she finally solved the puzzle.

   His first few tries at baking bread ended in disaster.

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3. 3
   noun

   Plural of trie. Use it for more than one of these tree-shaped ways of storing words.

   The program builds several tries to look up words quickly.

   Both tries shared the same starting letters at the top.

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