work experience

American  

[wurk-ik-speer-ee-uhns] / ˈwɜrk ɪkˌspɪər i əns /

noun

work experiences plural

1. time spent at one or more paid jobs, especially as detailed on a resume or contributing to one's readiness for further employment.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• work-experience
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• work experiences
  plural

Example Sentences

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work experience

Remember, employers don’t always define work experience literally.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026

I just read this story about college students and graduates lacking work experience and the fact that employers are requiring three to five years of experience for entry-level jobs.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026

"I can combine barbecuing with my previous work experience, which will be an advantage for me," Xu said after attending a class on editing videos for Douyin -- China's version of TikTok.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

“In essence, xAI equates asking a candidate about their prior work experience with encouraging the candidate to divulge trade secrets obtained during that prior work experience,” Lin said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

In grade ten we had to do a week of work experience, to see what life was like in the adult world.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge