experience
(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”
experience
(noun) the content of direct observation or participation in an event; “he had a religious experience”; “he recalled the experience vividly”
experience
(noun) an event as apprehended; “a surprising experience”; “that painful experience certainly got our attention”
have, experience
(verb) undergo; “The stocks had a fast run-up”
know, experience, live
(verb) 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”
feel, experience
(verb) undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind; “She felt resentful”; “He felt regret”
experience, receive, have, get
(verb) go through (mental or physical states or experiences); “get an idea”; “experience vertigo”; “get nauseous”; “receive injuries”; “have a feeling”
experience, see, go through
(verb) undergo or live through a difficult experience; “We had many trials to go through”; “he saw action in Viet Nam”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
experience (countable and uncountable, plural experiences)
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.
(countable) An activity one has performed.
(countable) A collection of events and/or activities from which an individual or group may gather knowledge, opinions, and skills.
(uncountable) The knowledge thus gathered.
(obsolete, uncountable) Trial; a test or experiment.
• Adjectives often applied to "experience": broad, wide, good, bad, great, amazing, horrible, terrible, pleasant, unpleasant, educational, financial, military, commercial, academic, political, industrial, sexual, romantic, religious, mystical, spiritual, psychedelic, scientific, human, magical, intense, deep, humbling, unforgettable, unique, exciting, exhilarating.
• inexperience
• (activity one has performed): user experience
experience (third-person singular simple present experiences, present participle experiencing, simple past and past participle experienced)
(transitive) To observe certain events; undergo a certain feeling or process; or perform certain actions that may alter one or contribute to one's knowledge, opinions, or skills.
• undergo
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*pe"ri*ence, n. Etym: [F. expérience, L. experientia, tr. experiens, , p. pr. of experiri, expertus, to try; ex out + the root of pertus experienced. See Peril, and cf. Expert.]
1. Trial, as a test or experiment. [Obs.] She caused him to make experience Upon wild beasts. Spenser.
2. 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. "Guided by other's experiences." Shak. I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. P. Henry To most men experience is like the stern lights of a ship, which illumine only the track it has passed. Coleridge. When the consuls . . . came in . . . they knew soon by experience how slenderly guarded against danger the majesty of rulers is where force is wanting. Holland. Those that undertook the religion of our Savior upon his preaching, had no experience of it. Sharp.
3. 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. Whence hath the mind all the materials of reason and knowledge To this I answer in one word, from experience. Locke. Experience may be acquired in two ways; either, first by noticing facts without any attempt to influence the frequency of their occurrence or to vary the circumstances under which they occur; this is observation; or, secondly, by putting in action causes or agents over which we have control, and purposely varying their combinations, and noticing what effects take place; this is experiment. Sir J. Herschel.
Ex*pe"ri*ence, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Experienced (-enst); p. pr. & vb. n. Experiencing (-en-sng).]
1. To make practical acquaintance with; to try personally; to prove by use or trial; to have trial of; to have the lot or fortune of; to have befall one; to be affected by; to feel; as, to experience pain or pleasure; to experience poverty; to experience a change of views. The partial failure and disappointment which he had experienced in India. Thirwall.
2. To exercise; to train by practice. The youthful sailors thus with early care Their arms experience, and for sea prepare. Harte. To experience religion (Theol.), to become a convert to the diatribes of Christianity; to yield to the power of religions truth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
5 April 2025
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