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ex·pe·ri·ence ( k-spîr  - ns)n.1. The apprehension of an object, thought, or emotion through the senses or mind: a child's first experience of snow. 2. a. Active participation in events or activities, leading to the accumulation of knowledge or skill: a lesson taught by experience; a carpenter with experience in roof repair. b. The knowledge or skill so derived. 3. a. An event or a series of events participated in or lived through. b. The totality of such events in the past of an individual or group. tr.v. ex·per·i·enced, ex·per·i·enc·ing, ex·per·i·enc·es To participate in personally; undergo: experience a great adventure; experienced loneliness.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin experientia, from experins, experient-, present participle of exper r, to try; see per-3 in Indo-European roots.]
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experience Noun 1. direct personal participation or observation of something: his experience of prison life 2. a particular incident, feeling, etc., that a person has undergone 3. accumulated knowledge, esp. of practical matters Verb [-encing, -enced] 1. to participate in or undergo 2. to be moved by; feel [Latin experiri to prove]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. |  experience - the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities; "a man of experience"; "experience is the best teacher"woodcraft - skill and experience in matters relating to the woods (as hunting or fishing or camping) education - knowledge acquired by learning and instruction; "it was clear that he had a very broad education" inexperience, rawness - lack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experience; "procedural inexperience created difficulties"; "their poor behavior was due to the rawness of the troops" | | 2. | experience - the content of direct observation or participation in an event; "he had a religious experience"; "he recalled the experience vividly"reality, world - all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you; "his world was shattered"; "we live in different worlds"; "for them demons were as much a part of reality as trees were" living, life - the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities; "he could no longer cope with the complexities of life" re-experiencing, reliving - a recurrence of a prior experience; "the reliving of a strong emotion can be therapeutic" reminder - an experience that causes you to remember something | | 3. | experience - an event as apprehended; "a surprising experience"; "that painful experience certainly got our attention"high point - the most enjoyable part of a given experience; "the trumpet solo was the high point of the concert" appalling - an experience that appalls; "is it better to view the appalling or merely hear of it?" augury, foretoken, preindication, sign - an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come; "he hoped it was an augury"; "it was a sign from God" flashing, flash - a short vivid experience; "a flash of emotion swept over him"; "the flashings of pain were a warning" good time, blast - a highly pleasurable or exciting experience; "we had a good time at the party"; "celebrating after the game was a blast" loss - the experience of losing a loved one; "he sympathized on the loss of their grandfather" ordeal - a severe or trying experience out-of-body experience - the dissociative experience of observing yourself from an external perspective as though your mind or soul had left and was observing your body taste - a brief experience of something; "he got a taste of life on the wild side"; "she enjoyed her brief taste of independence" time - a person's experience on a particular occasion; "he had a time holding back the tears"; "they had a good time together" vision - a religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance; "he had a vision of the Virgin Mary" | | Verb | 1. |  experience - go or live through; "We had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in Viet Nam"experience, know, live - 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" undergo - pass through; "The chemical undergoes a sudden change"; "The fluid undergoes shear"; "undergo a strange sensation" suffer, endure - undergo or be subjected to; "He suffered the penalty"; "Many saints suffered martyrdom" suffer, meet - undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate" feel - undergo passive experience of:"We felt the effects of inflation"; "her fingers felt their way through the string quartet"; "she felt his contempt of her" enjoy - have for one's benefit; "The industry enjoyed a boom" witness, see, find - perceive or be contemporaneous with; "We found Republicans winning the offices"; "You'll see a lot of cheating in this school"; "The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions"; "I want to see results" come - experience orgasm; "she could not come because she was too upset" | | 2. | experience - 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"taste - experience briefly; "The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died" live over, relive - experience again, often in the imagination; "He relived the horrors of war" | | 3. | experience - go through (mental or physical states or experiences); "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling"suffer, sustain, have, get - undergo (as of injuries and illnesses); "She suffered a fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He got his arm broken in the scuffle" undergo - pass through; "The chemical undergoes a sudden change"; "The fluid undergoes shear"; "undergo a strange sensation" take - experience or feel or submit to; "Take a test"; "Take the plunge" horripilate - have one's hair stand on end and get goosebumps; "I horripilate when I see violence on television" | | 4. | experience - undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret"incline - feel favorably disposed or willing; "She inclines to the view that people should be allowed to expres their religious beliefs" recapture - experience anew; "She could not recapture that feeling of happiness" harbor, nurse, entertain, harbour, hold - maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings); "bear a grudge"; "entertain interesting notions"; "harbor a resentment" cool off - feel less enamoured of something or somebody chafe - feel extreme irritation or anger; "He was chafing at her suggestion that he stay at home while she went on a vacation" suffer - experience (emotional) pain; "Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers" fume - be mad, angry, or furious burn - feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion; "She was burning with anger"; "He was burning to try out his new skies" die - feel indifferent towards; "She died to worldly things and eventually entered a monastery" fly high - be elated; "He was flying high during the summer months" glow, radiate, beam, shine - experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion; "She was beaming with joy"; "Her face radiated with happiness" glow - be exuberant or high-spirited; "Make the people's hearts glow" | | 5. | experience - undergo; "The stocks had a fast run-up"change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
experience noun 1. knowledge, understanding, practice, skill, evidence, trial, contact, expertise, know-how ( informal) proof, involvement, exposure, observation, participation, familiarity, practical knowledge noun 2. event, affair, incident, happening, test, trial, encounter, episode, adventure, ordeal, occurrence verb 3. undergo, have, know, feel, try, meet, face, suffer, taste, go through, observe, sample, encounter, sustain, perceive, endure, participate in, run into, live through, behold, come up against, apprehend, become familiar with  Translations
experiencen experience [ikˈspiəriəns]1 (knowledge, skill or wisdom gained through) practice in some activity, or the doing of something Learn by experience – don't make the same mistake again; Has she had experience in teaching?ondervindingتَجْرِبَهопитzkušenosterfaringdie Erfahrungπείραexperienciakogemusتجربه؛ کارکشتگیkokemusexpérienceנִיסָיוֹןअनुभवiskustvotapasztalatpengalamanreynslaesperienza経験경험patirtispieredzepengalamanervaringerfaringdoświadczenieexperiênciaexperienţăопытskúsenosťizkušnjaiskustvoerfarenhetความชำนาญtecrübe, deneyim經驗досвідتجربے سے حاصل ہونے والی قابلیتkinh nghiệm经验 2 an event that affects or involves a person etc The earthquake was a terrible experience.wedervaringتَجْرِبَه، حَدَثпреживяванеzážitekoplevelsedas Erlebnisεμπειρίαexperienciaelamusپیشامد؛ سرگذشتkokemusépreuveחֲווָיָהअनुभवiskustvoélményperistiwa(lífs)reynslaesperienza体験체험išgyvenimas, įvykispārdzīvojums; piedzīvojumspengalamanervaringopplevelseprzeżycieexperiênciaîncercareслучай; испытаниеzážitokpreizkušnjaiskustvoupplevelseประสบการณ์olay, hadise經歷випадокایسا واقعہ جو کسی مشاہد کو متاثر کرےsự từng trải经历 v to have experience of; to feel I have never before experienced such rudeness!ervaar, ondervindيُجَرِّبпреживявамzažítopleve; fornemmeerfahren, erlebenδοκιμάζω, νιώθωexperimentarkogemaتجربه کردن؛ متحمل شدنkokeaéprouverלָחווֹתअनुभव करनाiskusitiátél (vmit)mengalamireyna, upplifaprovato経験する경험하다patirtipieredzēt; pārdzīvot; piedzīvotmerasaervarenoppleve, erfaredoznawać, doświadczaćexperimentar/sofrer, conhecera cunoaşte; a simţiиспытыватьzažiťizkusitiiskusitiuppleva, möta, erfaraมีประสบการณ์görmek, geçirmek感受зазнавати; знати з досвідуتجربہ کرنا ، احساس ہوناtrải qua感受 adj exˈperiencedhaving gained knowledge from experience; skilled an experienced mountaineer.ervareمُجَرِّب، ذو خِبْرَهопитенzkušenýerfaren; rutinereterfahrenέμπειρος, πεπειραμένοςexperimentadokogenudبا تجربه؛ کارکشتهkokenutexpérimentéמְנוּסֶהअनुभवीiskusantapasztaltberpengalamanreynduresperto経験豊かな노련한patyręspieredzējis; piedzīvojisberpengalamanervarenerfaren, øvetdoświadczonyexperiente/experimentadoexperimentatопытныйskúsenýizkušeniskusanerfarenซึ่งได้รับการฝึกฝนtecrübeli, deneyimli有經驗的досвідчений, обізнанийتجربہ کارcó kinh nghiệm有经验的
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