TRIED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tried mean? 

• TRIED (adjective)
  The adjective TRIED has 2 senses:

1. tested and proved useful or correct

2. tested and proved to be reliable

  Familiarity information: TRIED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRIED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tested and proved useful or correct

Synonyms:

tested; tried; well-tried

Context example:

a tested method

Similar:

proved; proven (established beyond doubt)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Tested and proved to be reliable

Synonyms:

tested; time-tested; tried; tried and true

Similar:

dependable; reliable (worthy of reliance or trust)

 Context examples 

"No, but you tried to," she retorted.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

The return to Thornfield was yet to be tried.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

They have tried to write, and they have failed.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Laurie was sick and lonely, and feeling how rich she was in home and happiness, she gladly tried to share it with him.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

I came next, and tried hard not to look down into the horrible gulf over which I was passing.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Alternatively, you may find out about a secret that someone tried to conceal from you, or if you have a secret, be ready to tell others about it at this full moon.  

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Next day the soldier was tried, and though he had done nothing wicked, the judge condemned him to death.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

It has been tried in some countries as a treatment for cancer, but it has not been shown to work in clinical studies.

(Amygdalin, NCI Dictionary)

He had often seen it tried.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

A response that something has not been tried by an individual.

(Have Not Tried It, NCI Thesaurus)