trie
See also trié
English
Etymology 1
See try.
Verb
trie
- Obsolete spelling of try.
- 1588?, Robert Browne, “A Reproofe of Certeine Schismatical Persons & Their Doctrine Touching the Hearing & Preaching of the Word of God” in Cartwrightiana, ed. Albert Peel and Leland Henry Carlson (1951, published for the Sir Halley Stewart Trust by Allen and Unwin), page 228
- If anie do dislike the superstitious & needles cærimonies in ordination & yet also acknowledg that the Byshops may call, authorise, trie, confirme, & warrant by testimonie the sufficiencie of ministers / what greuous synne is it.
- 1588?, Robert Browne, “A Reproofe of Certeine Schismatical Persons & Their Doctrine Touching the Hearing & Preaching of the Word of God” in Cartwrightiana, ed. Albert Peel and Leland Henry Carlson (1951, published for the Sir Halley Stewart Trust by Allen and Unwin), page 228
Etymology 2
From retrieval.
Pronunciation
[tri] ("tree"), although some encourage the use of [traɪ] ("try") or the use of [triːeɪ] ("tree-ay") in order to distinguish it from the more general tree.
Noun
trie (plural tries)
- (computer science) An ordered tree data structure that is used to store an associative array where the keys are usually strings.
Synonyms
- prefix tree
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Anagrams
French
Verb
trie
- first-person singular present indicative of trier
- third-person singular present indicative of trier
- first-person singular present subjunctive of trier
- third-person singular present subjunctive of trier
- second-person singular imperative of trier
