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experience

[ ik-speer-ee-uhns ]

noun

  1. a particular instance of personally encountering or undergoing something:

    My encounter with the bear in the woods was a frightening experience.

  2. the process or fact of personally observing, encountering, or undergoing something:

    business experience.

  3. the observing, encountering, or undergoing of things generally as they occur in the course of time:

    to learn from experience; the range of human experience.

  4. knowledge or practical wisdom gained from what one has observed, encountered, or undergone:

    a man of experience.

  5. Philosophy. the totality of the cognitions given by perception; all that is perceived, understood, and remembered.


verb (used with object)

experienced, experiencing.
  1. to have experience of; meet with; undergo; feel:

    to experience nausea.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  2. to learn by experience.

experience

/ ɪˈɪəɪəԲ /

noun

  1. direct personal participation or observation; actual knowledge or contact

    experience of prison life

  2. a particular incident, feeling, etc, that a person has undergone

    an experience to remember

  3. accumulated knowledge, esp of practical matters

    a man of experience

    1. the totality of characteristics, both past and present, that make up the particular quality of a person, place, or people
    2. the impact made on an individual by the culture of a people, nation, etc

      the American experience

  4. philosophy
    1. the content of a perception regarded as independent of whether the apparent object actually exists Compare sense datum
    2. the faculty by which a person acquires knowledge of contingent facts about the world, as contrasted with reason
    3. the totality of a person's perceptions, feelings, and memories
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to participate in or undergo
  2. to be emotionally or aesthetically moved by; feel

    to experience beauty

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԳ𲹲, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·۾·Գ·· adjective
  • ·۾·Գ· adjective
  • Dze·۾·Գ adjective
  • e·۾·Գ noun verb (used with object) preexperienced preexperiencing
  • e·۾·Գ verb reexperienced reexperiencing
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of experience1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, Middle French, from Latin experientia, equivalent to experient- (stem of ŧԲ, past participle of īī “to try, test”; ex- 1, peril ) + -ia noun suffix; -ence
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of experience1

C14: from Latin experientia, from īī to prove; related to Latin īܱܳ peril
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Idioms and Phrases

  1. experience religion, to undergo a spiritual conversion by which one gains or regains faith in God.
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Example Sentences

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Over the last two years, more than 100 teachers from 31 states have attended the two-week program and shared their experiences and new knowledge with approximately 21,000 students.

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She was credited with designing Mayor Karen Bass’ Inside Safe encampment removal program based on that experience.

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Gwent Police said it was not aware of stab vests being worn or stashed but would welcome hearing more about young people's experiences, while the Welsh government said it took school safety "extremely seriously".

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The 27-year-old had never experienced the feeling of scoring a senior goal for her country before Friday.

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Across its first 10 episodes, the show builds on itself for an endlessly satisfying watch experience.

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How Do You Spell Experience?

Spelling tips for experience

The word experience is hard to spell for two reasons. First, it is tempting to use an a rather than an e in the final syllable, as in experiance. Second, people often think the final [ s] sound is spelled with an s rather than a c, as in experiense.

How to spell experience: An experience is an expert science. Drop the final t in expert and the sc- in science, and you get experience.

When To Use

What is another way to say experience?

To experience something is to meet with it or feel it firsthand. How is experience different from undergo? Find out on .

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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