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Experience
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- 1 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, uncountable
"It was an experience he would not soon forget."
- 2 the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities wordnet
- 3 An activity one has performed. countable
- 4 the content of direct observation or participation in an event wordnet
- 5 A collection of events and/or activities from which an individual or group may gather knowledge, opinions, and skills. uncountable, usually
"Virtually all employers now require jobseekers to have work experience even for entry-level roles. Many believe this will hurt companies in the long run."
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- 6 an event as apprehended wordnet
- 7 The knowledge thus gathered. uncountable
"In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way."
- 8 Synonym of experience points countable, uncountable
"As your troops conquer the enemy, they'll earn experience and gain levels. Each time they level up, their stats will increase."
- 9 Trial; a test or experiment. obsolete, uncountable
"She caused him to make experience / Vpon wyld beasts, which she in woods did find, / With wrongfull powre oppressing others of their kind"
- 1 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. transitive
"A 2022 report published by the Scottish Borders Council states: "Hawick has been affected more by depopulation than any other Borders town, with all parts of the town experiencing population loss, and Hawick Central is currently experiencing the highest depopulation out of the 30 Intermediate Zones in Scottish Borders.""
- 2 undergo wordnet
- 3 have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations wordnet
- 4 undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind wordnet
- 5 go through (mental or physical states or experiences) wordnet
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- 6 undergo or live through a difficult experience wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English experience, from Old French, from Latin experientia (“a trial, proof, experiment, experimental knowledge, experience”), from experiens, present participle of experiri (“to try, put to the test, undertake, undergo”), from ex (“out”) + peritus (“experienced, expert”), past participle of *periri (“to go through”); see expert and peril. Displaced native Old English āfandung (“experience”) and āfandian (“to experience”).
From Middle English experience, from Old French, from Latin experientia (“a trial, proof, experiment, experimental knowledge, experience”), from experiens, present participle of experiri (“to try, put to the test, undertake, undergo”), from ex (“out”) + peritus (“experienced, expert”), past participle of *periri (“to go through”); see expert and peril. Displaced native Old English āfandung (“experience”) and āfandian (“to experience”).
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