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experience
[ ik-speer-ee-uhns ]
/ ɪkˈspɪər i əns /
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noun
verb (used with object), ex·pe·ri·enced, ex·pe·ri·enc·ing.
to have experience of; meet with; undergo; feel: to experience nausea.
to learn by experience.
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Idioms about experience
experience religion, to undergo a spiritual conversion by which one gains or regains faith in God.
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British Dictionary definitions for experience
experience
/ (ɪkˈspɪərɪəns) /
noun
verb (tr)
to participate in or undergo
to be emotionally or aesthetically moved by; feelto experience beauty
Derived forms of experience
experienceable, adjectiveWord Origin for experience
C14: from Latin experientia, from experīrī to prove; related to Latin perīculum peril
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