experience point

[ ik-speer-ee-uhns point ]

noun

1. (in role-playing games and video games) a unit of count used to measure the progress of a player character through a character level. : EXP, XP

Word History and Origins

Origin of experience point¹

First recorded in 1985–90

Example Sentences

You fish, cut down trees, and scavenge for food, and a continuous drizzle of experience points showers your character.

From Washington Post

Does earlier history or later experience point to any better equipped, more stable, more safe tribunal?

From Project Gutenberg

Theory and actual experience point here in the same direction.

From Project Gutenberg