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Infinitive	Imperative	Participle
to try	try let's try try	Present Past trying tried

Indicative
Present Past I try you try he/she/it tries we try you try they try I tried you tried he/she/it tried we tried you tried they tried

Past participle
having tried

Indicative
Present continuous Present perfect Future Future perfect I am trying you are trying he/she/it is trying we are trying you are trying they are trying I have tried you have tried he/she/it has tried we have tried you have tried they have tried I will try you will try he/she/it will try we will try you will try they will try I will have tried you will have tried he/she/it will have tried we will have tried you will have tried they will have tried
Past continuous Past perfect Future continuous I was trying you were trying he/she/it was trying we were trying you were trying they were trying I had tried you had tried he/she/it had tried we had tried you had tried they had tried I will be trying you will be trying he/she/it will be trying we will be trying you will be trying they will be trying
Present perfect continuous Past perfect continuous Future perfect continuous I have been trying you have been trying he/she/it has been trying we have been trying you have been trying they have been trying I had been trying you had been trying he/she/it had been trying we had been trying you had been trying they had been trying I will have been trying you will have been trying he/she/it will have been trying we will have been trying you will have been trying they will have been trying

Infinitive	Imperative	Participle
not to try	do not try let's not try do not try	Present Past not trying not tried

Indicative
Present Past I do not try you do not try he/she/it does not try we do not try you do not try they do not try I did not try you did not try he/she/it did not try we did not try you did not try they did not try

Past participle
not having tried

Indicative
Present continuous Present perfect Future Future perfect I am not trying you are not trying he/she/it is not trying we are not trying you are not trying they are not trying I have not tried you have not tried he/she/it has not tried we have not tried you have not tried they have not tried I will not try you will not try he/she/it will not try we will not try you will not try they will not try I will not have tried you will not have tried he/she/it will not have tried we will not have tried you will not have tried they will not have tried
Past continuous Past perfect Future continuous I was not trying you were not trying he/she/it was not trying we were not trying you were not trying they were not trying I had not tried you had not tried he/she/it had not tried we had not tried you had not tried they had not tried I will not be trying you will not be trying he/she/it will not be trying we will not be trying you will not be trying they will not be trying
Present perfect continuous Past perfect continuous Future perfect continuous I have not been trying you have not been trying he/she/it has not been trying we have not been trying you have not been trying they have not been trying I had not been trying you had not been trying he/she/it had not been trying we had not been trying you had not been trying they had not been trying I will not have been trying you will not have been trying he/she/it will not have been trying we will not have been trying you will not have been trying they will not have been trying

Indicative
Present Past do I try ? do you try ? does he/she/it try ? do we try ? do you try ? do they try? did I try ? did you try ? did he/she/it try ? did we try ? did you try ? did they try ?

Indicative
Present continuous Present perfect Future Future perfect am I trying ? are you trying ? is he/she/it trying ? are we trying ? are you trying ? are they trying ? have I tried ? have you tried ? has he/she/it tried ? have we tried ? have you tried ? have they tried ? will I try ? will you try ? will he/she/it try ? will we try ? will you try ? will they try ? will I have tried ? will you have tried ? will he/she/it have tried ? will we have tried ? will you have tried ? will they have tried ?
Past continuous Past perfect Future continuous was I trying ? were you trying ? was he/she/it trying ? were we trying ? were you trying ? were they trying ? had I tried ? had you tried ? had he/she/it tried ? had we tried ? had you tried ? had they tried ? will I be trying ? will you be trying ? will he/she/it be trying ? will we be trying ? will you be trying ? will they be trying ?
Present perfect continuous Past perfect continuous Future perfect continuous have I been trying ? have you been trying ? has he/she/it been trying ? have we been trying ? have you been trying ? have they been trying ? had I been trying ? had you been trying ? had he/she/it been trying ? had we been trying ? had you been trying ? had they been trying ? will I have been trying ? will you have been trying ? will he/she/it have been trying ? will we have been trying ? will you have been trying ? will they have been trying ?

Past participle
having tried

Indicative
Present continuous Present perfect Future Future perfect I am trying you are trying he/she/it is trying we are trying you are trying they are trying I have tried you have tried he/she/it has tried we have tried you have tried they have tried I will try you will try he/she/it will try we will try you will try they will try I will have tried you will have tried he/she/it will have tried we will have tried you will have tried they will have tried
Past continuous Past perfect Future continuous I was trying you were trying he/she/it was trying we were trying you were trying they were trying I had tried you had tried he/she/it had tried we had tried you had tried they had tried I will be trying you will be trying he/she/it will be trying we will be trying you will be trying they will be trying
Present perfect continuous Past perfect continuous Future perfect continuous I have been trying you have been trying he/she/it has been trying we have been trying you have been trying they have been trying I had been trying you had been trying he/she/it had been trying we had been trying you had been trying they had been trying I will have been trying you will have been trying he/she/it will have been trying we will have been trying you will have been trying they will have been trying

See also verbs with similar meaning: try for,  try on,  try out


-  Put on a garment in order to see whether it fits and looks nice
-  Melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities
-  Take a sample of
-  Test the limits of
-  Give pain or trouble to
-  Examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process
-  Put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
-  Make an effort or attempt
-  Put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to



-  Try on this sweater to see how it looks
-  Render fat in a casserole
-  Sample the regional dishes
-  You are trying my patience!
-  I've been sorely tried by these students
-  The case will be tried in California
-  The judge tried both father and son in separate trials
-  She always seeks to do good in the world
-  Test this recipe


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