trial and error

English

Noun

trial and error (plural trials and errors)

1. The process of finding a solution to a problem by trying many possible solutions and learning from mistakes until a way is found.

   Navigating by trial and error may get you there eventually, but using a map is faster.

Translations

solution by learning from mistakes

• Catalan: prova i error (ca), assaig i error (ca), tempteig (ca) m, tanteig (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 嘗試錯誤 (cmn), 尝试错误 (cmn) (chángshì cuòwù)

• Finnish: yrityksen ja erehdyksen kautta (by trial and error)
• French: essais et erreurs (fr)

• German: trial and error (de), Versuch und Irrtum (de)
• Japanese: 試行錯誤 (ja) (しこうさくご, shikō sakugo)
• Russian: метод проб и ошибок (ru) (métod prob i ošíbok) m , метод тыка (ru) (métod týka)  (coll.)
• Spanish: ensayo y error (es), tanteo (es) m

See also

• suck it and see