- past tense form of experience.
- past participle of experience.
experienced
Americanadjective
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wise or skillful in a particular field through experience.
an experienced teacher.
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having learned through experience; taught by experience.
experienced through adversity.
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endured; undergone; suffered through.
experienced misfortunes.
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of experienced
First recorded in 1560–70; experience + -ed 2
Explanation
Someone experienced has first-hand knowledge of something. A 10-year veteran is an experienced baseball player. Experience is time you spend doing or learning something. If you've had a job as a welder, you have welding experience. When someone is described as experienced, it means they have first-hand knowledge about something. An experienced teacher has been teaching for years. An experienced writer has written many books or articles. An experienced soldier has been in the field for a while. People who are experienced tend to be wise: they know what they're talking about.
Example Sentences
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The Post Oak was in the midst of a “pillow transition,” the assistant director of housekeeping explained apologetically—something luxury hotels do roughly every two years—so she wasn’t immediately sure which pillow I’d experienced.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 1, 2025
It was the first time I’d experienced that.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2024
Every trauma I'd experienced beforehand, I'd just buried away.
From BBC • Jul. 30, 2022
It was the closest I'd come to pre-pandemic life I'd experienced since the previous spring.
From Salon • Aug. 7, 2021
Even though I was standing in the front of the classroom as the teacher, a student named Deliah Jones had taken me all the way back to the hell I’d experienced as a kid.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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