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- tryout (n.) also try-out, by 1900, from phrase to try out "to examine, test," attested by 1785.
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Tryout — was an amateur press journal published from 1914 1946 by Charles W. Smith of Haverhill, Massachusetts. It was connected to the National Amateur Press Association.Smith (1852 1948) was a friend and correspondent of H. P. Lovecraft; Tryout was the… … Wikipedia
Tryout — Try out, n. 1. a test of the performance capability of a person, to ascertain fitness for a particular task; in sports, a test by which the fitness of a player or contestant to remain in a certain class is determined. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] 2 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tryout — index experiment, test Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
tryout — ☆ tryout [trī′out΄ ] n. Informal 1. an opportunity to prove, or a test to determine, fitness for a place on an athletic team, a role in a play, etc. 2. a performance of a play before its official opening, as to test audience reaction … English World dictionary
tryout — n. a tryout for * * * a tryout for … Combinatory dictionary
tryout — [[t]tra͟ɪaʊt[/t]] tryouts also try out 1) N COUNT If you give something a tryout, you try it or test it to see how useful it is. The recycling scheme gets its first try out in rural Dorset. Syn: trial 2) N COUNT If you are given a tryout for a… … English dictionary
tryout — noun Tryout is used after these nouns: ↑football … Collocations dictionary
Tryout (theatre) — Tryout is staging a legitimate theatre performance at an off site venue for evaluation and possible revision before going to Broadway or the West End. The Shubert Theatre (New Haven) is an example of a theatre specializing in such tryouts for… … Wikipedia
Tryout (Musical) — Die Ausdrücke Tryout (und Preview) bezeichnen die beiden Phasen der spezifischen Voraufführungen von Broadway Musicals vor der eigentlichen Premiere, die das finanzielle Risiko der Produktion verringern sollen. Als einer der ersten praktizierte… … Deutsch Wikipedia
tryout — {n.} An audience at a theater or opera for would be actors and singers. * /The Civic Opera is holding tryouts throughout all of next week. Maybe I ll go and see if I can sing in the chorus./ … Dictionary of American idioms
