Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

try-out

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.45 in modern English

Syllables: try-out
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of tryout.

Example Sentences

"By the first day of try-outs, the sheets were completely filled with students' names."
"The setting was the youth league baseball try-outs in the small town of Boland, New Hampshire. Also in attendance at the try-outs was John Harding, a hometown hero who, together with his wife, Sally, and their soon-to-be 8-year-old son, Rick, had only recently returned to Boland to settle down and begin John's tenure as the President and CEO of Millennium International, one of the largest computer companies in the country."
"The next thing I was invited to a try-out in South Bend, Indiana."

Etymology

Deverbal from try out.

Inflected Forms

try-outs (plural)

Questions

What does try-out mean?: Alternative form of tryout.
Where does try-out come from?: Deverbal from try out.

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