Collocation Dictionary

Try "happy" or "love"

Common collocations with try in American Collocation

try nouncountable

US/traɪ/

good

good
nice

That’s a nice try, but it’s not the right answer.

first, second etc

first, second etc

Marion was successful in picking out the right card, first try, 11 times.

unsuccessful

unsuccessful

Mandy made a number of unsuccessful tries to climb the tree.