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Meaning of tried in English

tried
verb
uk
/traɪd/ us
/traɪd/
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past simple and past participle of try
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Trying and making an effort
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tried
adjective
uk
/traɪd/ us
/traɪd/
tried and tested/trusted
used many times before and proved to be successful:
I'll give you my mother's tried and tested recipe for wholemeal bread.
Synonym
time-tested mainly US
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Successful (things or people)
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(Definition of tried from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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tried
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/trɑɪd/
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past simple and past participle of try
(Definition of tried from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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（try的過去式及過去分詞）…
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