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experience

ex·pe·rience

UK/ɪkˈspɪə.ɹi.əns/ US/ɪkˈspɪːɹɪjəns/ common
noun (3) verb (5)

noun

1.

the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities

  • “a man of experience”
  • “experience is the best teacher”
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2.

the content of direct observation or participation in an event

  • “he had a religious experience”
  • “he recalled the experience vividly”
3.

an event as apprehended

  • “a surprising experience”
  • “that painful experience certainly got our attention”

verb

1.

go or live through

  • “We had many trials to go through”
  • “he saw action in Viet Nam”
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2.

have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations

  • “I know the feeling!”
  • “have you ever known hunger?”
  • “I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict”
  • “The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare”
  • “I lived through two divorces”
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3.

of mental or physical states or experiences

  • “get an idea”
  • “experience vertigo”
  • “get nauseous”
  • “undergo a strange sensation”
  • “The chemical undergoes a sudden change”
  • “The fluid undergoes shear”
  • “receive injuries”
  • “have a feeling”
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4.

undergo an emotional sensation

  • “She felt resentful”
  • “He felt regret”
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5.

undergo

  • “The stocks had a fast run-up”
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Origin

From Middle English experience, from Old French, from Latin experientia (“a trial, proof, experiment, experimental knowledge, experience”), from experiens, present participle of experiri (“to try, put to the test, undertake, undergo”), from ex (“out”) + peritus (“experienced, expert”), past participle of *periri (“to go through”); see expert and peril. Displaced native Old English āfandung (“experience”) and āfandian (“to experience”).

Phrases

  • boyfriend experience
  • chalk something up to experience
  • chief experience officer
  • contact experience
  • customer experience
  • developer experience
  • experience effect
  • experience is the best teacher

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