experience
noun
uk /ɪkˈspɪə.ri.əns/
us /ɪkˈspɪr.i.əns/
B1 [ U ] (the process of getting) knowledge or skill from doing, seeing, or feeling things:
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B1 [ C ] something that happens to you that affects how you feel:
I had a pretty unpleasant experience at the dentist's.
It was interesting hearing about his experiences as a policeman.
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- Fighting in Vietnam was an experience that would haunt him for the rest of his life.
- The new job will provide you with invaluable experience.
- We need someone who has experience in marketing and teaching, and I think Alex is just the woman for the job.
- A tour of Australia is a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
- I know from past experience that you can't judge someone by their appearance.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
- acquaintance
- as every schoolboy/schoolchild knows idiom
- at/in the back of your mind idiom
- awareness
- be ahead of the game idiom
- consciousness
- general knowledge
- glimpse
- gnostic
- grounding
- have a nodding acquaintance with sb/sth idiom
- have a passing/slight/nodding acquaintance with sth idiom
- literacy
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- nescience
- nescient
- nod
- omniscience
- perception
- witting
Idiom(s)
uk /ɪkˈspɪə.ri.əns/
us /ɪkˈspɪr.i.əns/
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B1 If you experience something, it happens to you, or you feel it:
We experienced a lot of difficulty in selling our house.
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- Did you experience any ill effects from the treatment?
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- You can't appreciate the true awfulness of war until you've actually experienced it.
- Schools nationwide are experiencing a shortage of teachers.
- He experiences severe mood swings .
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