idiom
trial and error
TRY-ul and EH-rer
ˈtraɪəl ænd ˈɛrərListen
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Syllable breakdown
trialanderror
Dictionary meaning
a problem-solving and learning approach in which various methods are attempted successively, failures are discarded, and successful approaches are retained and refined; relies on repeated experimentation rather than systematic deduction; fundamental to how children learn motor skills, how scientists formulate hypotheses, and how evolutionary processes produce adaptations
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