experience


Definition: Meaning of, experience in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ɪkˈspɪərɪəns;ɛkˈspɪərɪəns /

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experience experiences
  1. knowledge/skill [uncountable] knowledge or skill that you gain from doing a job or activity, or the process of doing this
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  2. knowledge of life [uncountable] knowledge that you gain about life and the world by being in different situations and meeting different people, or the process of gaining this
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  3. something that happens [countable] something that happens to you or something you do, especially when this has an effect on what you feel or think
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  4. the black/female/Russian etc experience events or knowledge shared by the members of a particular society or group of people
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  5. work experience British English a system in which a student can work for a company in order to learn about a job, or the period during which a student does this
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
experience experienced experienced
Present Participle Third Person Singular
experiencing experiences
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  1. if you experience a problem, event, or situation, it happens to you or affects you
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  2. to feel a particular emotion, pain etc
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experience used in phrases

  • near-death experience (noun)
    1. the experience of being close to death but surviving
  • out-of-body experience (noun)
    1. the feeling that you are outside your body and looking down on it from above, which people sometimes have when they are close to death
  • perceptual experience (noun)
    1. the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept
  • sense experience (noun)
    1. an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation
  • work experience (noun)
    1. the experience you have had of working in a particular type of job
    2. British English a period of time that a young person spends working in a particular place, as a form of training
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