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# trying

«trying» in Mova's school dictionary: **doing your best to do something, making an effort** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb form of try (try, tries, tried, trying); adjective (trying)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Trying means doing your best to do something, making an effort. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trying/#m1)

2) Trying also means testing something to see if it works or if you like it: trying a new food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trying/#m2)

3) As an adjective, trying means annoying and hard to put up with: a trying day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trying/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: a story word for an attempt; sometimes tries are counted; «trying to reach» gives a goal: how many more = goal − have; «trying different numbers» is the guess-and-check method. In science: trying an experiment again to check the result. Phrases: trying to, keep trying, trying on (clothes), trying out, trying hard.

### examples

- She is trying to save $60. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trying/#x1)
- He is trying to read 100 pages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trying/#x2)
- After trying 5 times, he scored. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trying/#x3)
- She is trying to find the missing number. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trying/#x4)
- Keep trying; you will get it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trying/#x5)
- I am trying on a new pair of shoes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trying/#x6)
- We are trying out a new game at recess. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trying/#x7)
- It was a trying day with lots of problems. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trying/#x8)
- So they left him trying, and went on. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trying/#x9)

### note

From «try»: tries, tried, trying (keep the y before -ing). «Try to» and «try and» both mean attempt; «try to» is better in writing. «Trying to reach» gives a goal; how many more = goal − have. Otherwise no clue.

### In the corpora

- [Being turned down is normal for everyone, and being picked is the reward for trying again and again.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/3/)
- [Anyone offering free game coins for your login is a scammer trying to steal the account or a parent's card details.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/9-when-money-is-tight/19/)
- [Good questions are: who made it, where else is it reported, and is it trying to make me angry?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others/3/)
- [Parental controls are there for good reasons; talk about them rather than trying to trick them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/13-strangers-hooks-and-too-perfect-messages/18/)
- [Fearing mistakes so much that you stop trying would stop you learning.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/30-who-you-are-what-you-will-do/24/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «trying» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trying/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.