trial-and-error
adjective
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Sense 1 adjective
trying out various means or theories until error is satisfactorily reduced or eliminated
he argued that all learning is a trial-and-error process that resembles biological evolution
Related & opposite
- empirical similar to
Sense 2 adjective
relating to solving problems by experience rather than theory
they adopted a trial-and-error procedure
Related & opposite
- heuristic similar to
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | empirical |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | heuristic |