- experience
- [[t]ɪkspɪ͟əriəns[/t]]
♦experiences, experiencing, experienced1) N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp Experience is knowledge or skill in a particular job or activity, which you have gained because you have done that job or activity for a long time.
He has also had managerial experience on every level...
He's counting on his mother to take care of the twins for him; she's had plenty of experience with them.
2) N-UNCOUNT Experience is used to refer to the past events, knowledge, and feelings that make up someone's life or character.I should not be in any danger here, but experience has taught me caution...
She had learned from experience to take little rests in between her daily routine...
`If you act afraid, they won't let go,' he says, speaking from experience.
3) N-COUNT: usu with supp An experience is something that you do or that happens to you, especially something important that affects you.Moving had become a common experience for me...
His only experience of gardening so far proved immensely satisfying...
Many of his clients are unbelievably nervous, usually because of a bad experience in the past.
4) VERB If you experience a particular situation, you are in that situation or it happens to you.[V n] We had never experienced this kind of holiday before and had no idea what to expect...
[V n] British business is now experiencing a severe recession.
5) VERB If you experience a feeling, you feel it or are affected by it.[V n] Widows seem to experience more distress than do widowers.
N-SING: the N of nExperience is also a noun....the experience of pain.
English dictionary. 2008.
