experience
noun
verb (used with object), ex·pe·ri·enced, ex·pe·ri·enc·ing.
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training, maturity, practice, understanding, wisdom, patience, contact, involvement, struggle, background, sense, action, know-how, skill, reality, participation, incident, ordeal, event, encounterExamples from the Web for experience
Contemporary Examples of experience
Women are more likely to recover sooner from birth and less likely to experience post-partum depression.
He flew with Captain Irianto, 53, who had 20,000 hours experience, more than 6,000 hours on the A320.
Annoying Airport Delays Might Prevent You From Becoming the Next AirAsia 8501Clive Irving
January 6, 2015
Faal has some experience in both political and security matters, it seems.
At such a moment, the pilot has no resources other than his own instincts and experience.
The shared feelings, the bubbling emotion, the awe: she became an experience.
Bow Down, Bitches: How Beyoncé Turned an Elevator Brawl Into a Perfect YearKevin Fallon
December 31, 2014
Historical Examples of experience
In this case, I can only hope that in my experience it failed so to do.
'Tis Sixty Years SinceCharles Francis Adams
Perhaps he will come back and tell his experience to his indifferent relatives.
Ancient ManHendrik Willem van Loon
Here too experience has afforded us the most satisfactory proof in its favor.
He had learned his lesson of experience, and profited thereby.
A Night OutEdward Peple
And in making this attempt I must write from my own experience.
The Conquest of FearBasil King