Experience

[ɪk'spɪərɪəns;ek-] or [ɪk'spɪrɪəns]

Definition

(noun.) the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities; 'a man of experience'; 'experience is the best teacher'.

(noun.) the content of direct observation or participation in an event; 'he had a religious experience'; 'he recalled the experience vividly'.

(noun.) an event as apprehended; 'a surprising experience'; 'that painful experience certainly got our attention'.

(verb.) go through (mental or physical states or experiences); 'get an idea'; 'experience vertigo'; 'get nauseous'; 'receive injuries'; 'have a feeling'.

(verb.) go or live through; 'We had many trials to go through'; 'he saw action in Viet Nam'.

Inputed by Eleanor--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) Trial, as a test or experiment.

(n.) The effect upon the judgment or feelings produced by any event, whether witnessed or participated in; personal and direct impressions as contrasted with description or fancies; personal acquaintance; actual enjoyment or suffering.

(n.) An act of knowledge, one or more, by which single facts or general truths are ascertained; experimental or inductive knowledge; hence, implying skill, facility, or practical wisdom gained by personal knowledge, feeling or action; as, a king without experience of war.

Editor: Nicolas

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Trial, proof, test, practice.[2]. Knowledge (gained from trial or practice), experimental knowledge, practical wisdom.

v. a. Try, feel, undergo, endure, put to the proof (of one's own sensations), prove by trial, have practical acquaintance with.

Typed by Lloyd

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Experiment, trial, test, proof, habit, knowledge

ANT:[See TRIAL]

SYN:Try, feel, undergo, encounter, endure

ANT:Evade, escape, miss, lose

Editor: Mervin

Definition

n. thorough trial of: practical acquaintance with any matter gained by trial: repeated trial: long and varied observation personal or general: wisdom derived from the changes and trials of life.—v.t. to make trial of or practical acquaintance with: to prove or know by use: to suffer undergo.—p.adj. Expē′rienced taught by experience: skilful: wise.—adjs. Expē′rienceless having no experience; Experien′tial pertaining to or derived from experience.—ns. Experien′tialism; Experien′tialist.—Experience meeting a religious meeting where those present relate their religious experiences.

Edited by Hilda

Unserious Contents or Definition

n. The wisdom that enables us to recognize as an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced.

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Examples

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