experienced

[ ik-speer-ee-uhnst ]

/ ɪkˈspɪər i ənst /

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adjective

wise or skillful in a particular field through experience: an experienced teacher.

having learned through experience; taught by experience: experienced through adversity.

endured; undergone; suffered through: experienced misfortunes.

Nearby words

experience, experience is the best teacher, experience meeting, experience point, experience table, experienced, experiencer, experiential, experientialism, experiment, experiment station

Origin of experienced

First recorded in 1560–70; experience + -ed²

SYNONYMS FOR experienced

1 skilled, expert, practiced, veteran, accomplished, versed, adept, qualified.

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Related formsnon·ex·pe·ri·enced, adjectivequa·si-ex·pe·ri·enced, adjectiveun·ex·pe·ri·enced, adjectivewell-ex·pe·ri·enced, adjective

Definition for experienced (2 of 2)

experience

[ ik-speer-ee-uhns ]

/ ɪkˈspɪər i əns /

noun

a particular instance of personally encountering or undergoing something: My encounter with the bear in the woods was a frightening experience.

the process or fact of personally observing, encountering, or undergoing something: business experience.

the observing, encountering, or undergoing of things generally as they occur in the course of time: to learn from experience; the range of human experience.

knowledge or practical wisdom gained from what one has observed, encountered, or undergone: a man of experience.

Philosophy. the totality of the cognitions given by perception; all that is perceived, understood, and remembered.

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.

Origin of experience

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin experientia, equivalent to experient- (stem of experiēns, past participle of experīrī to try, test; see ex-¹, peril) + -ia noun suffix; see -ence

SYNONYMS FOR experience

6 encounter, know, endure, suffer. Experience, undergo refer to encountering situations, conditions, etc., in life, or to having certain sensations or feelings. Experience implies being affected by what one meets with: to experience a change of heart, bitter disappointment. Undergo usually refers to the bearing or enduring of something hard, difficult, disagreeable, or dangerous: to undergo severe hardships, an operation.

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Related forms

ex·pe·ri·ence·a·ble, adjectiveex·pe·ri·ence·less, adjectivepost·ex·pe·ri·ence, adjectivepre·ex·pe·ri·ence, noun, verb (used with object), pre·ex·pe·ri·enced, pre·ex·pe·ri·enc·ing.

re·ex·pe·ri·ence, verb, re·ex·pe·ri·enced, re·ex·pe·ri·enc·ing.

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Examples from the Web for experienced

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He experienced a rapid rise, only beginning to play cricket competitively at age 11.
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They witnessed and experienced the same types of abusive events, Fenner claims.
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No wonder women were grilled about whether they experienced pleasure while being assaulted.
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I'd go to the Ritz or the Carlton and order the finest dinner for three that the most experienced chef ever heard of.
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Brother Isaac Turley, who had traveled a portion of the road and who was an experienced traveler, was elected wagon-master.
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To the experienced eye the color of the egg indicates that it has died as it takes on a sort of pinkish or darkish tint.
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There was but one good thing which Luigi experienced in America.
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He read these signs with the ease of an experienced mariner.
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British Dictionary definitions for experienced (1 of 2)

experienced

/ (ɪkˈspɪərɪənst) /

adjective

having become skilful or knowledgeable from extensive contact or participation or observation

British Dictionary definitions for experienced (2 of 2)

experience

/ (ɪkˈspɪərɪəns) /

noun

direct personal participation or observation; actual knowledge or contactexperience of prison life

a particular incident, feeling, etc, that a person has undergonean experience to remember

accumulated knowledge, esp of practical mattersa man of experience

the totality of characteristics, both past and present, that make up the particular quality of a person, place, or people
the impact made on an individual by the culture of a people, nation, etcthe American experience

philosophy

the content of a perception regarded as independent of whether the apparent object actually existsCompare sense datum
the faculty by which a person acquires knowledge of contingent facts about the world, as contrasted with reason
the totality of a person's perceptions, feelings, and memories

verb (tr)

to participate in or undergo

to be emotionally or aesthetically moved by; feelto experience beauty

Derived Formsexperienceable, adjective

Word Origin for experience

C14: from Latin experientia, from experīrī to prove; related to Latin perīculum peril

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Word Origin and History for experienced (1 of 3)

experienced

adj.

"having experience; skillful through expereince," 1570s, past participle adjective from experience (v.).

Word Origin and History for experienced (1 of 3)

experience

late 14c., "observation as the source of knowledge; actual observation; an event which has affected one," from Old French esperience (13c.) "experiment, proof, experience," from Latin experientia "knowledge gained by repeated trials," from experientem (nominative experiens), present participle of experiri "to try, test," from ex- "out of" (see ex-) + peritus "experienced, tested," from PIE root *per- "to lead, pass over" (see peril). Meaning "state of having done something and gotten handy at it" is from late 15c.

Word Origin and History for experienced (2 of 3)

experience

1530s, "to test, try;" see experience (n.). Sense of "feel, undergo" first recorded 1580s. Related: Experiences; experiencing.

Medicine definitions for experienced

experience

[ ĭk-spîr′ē-əns ]

n.

The feeling of emotions and sensations as opposed to thinking; involvement in what is happening rather than abstract reflection on an event.

Related formsex•pe′ri•ence v.

experienced

adjective

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experience

noun

verb (used with object), ex·pe·ri·enced, ex·pe·ri·enc·ing.

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experienced

adjective

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experience

noun

verb (tr)

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experience

n.