Definition of experience Experience

/ɪkspɪˈɹiʌns/ - [ikspireeuns] - ex•pe•ri•ence

We found 26 definitions of experience from 8 different sources.

What does experience mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: experiences
experience - an event as apprehended; "a surprising experience"; "that painful experience certainly got our attention"
		happening, natural event, occurrent, occurrence an event that happens
		high point the most enjoyable part of a given experience; "the trumpet solo was the high point of the concert"
		appalling an experience that appalls; "is it better to view the appalling or merely hear of it?"
		augury, foretoken, preindication, sign an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come; "he hoped it was an augury"; "it was a sign from God"
		flashing, flash sheet metal shaped and attached to a roof for strength and weatherproofing
		good time, blast a highly pleasurable or exciting experience; "we had a good time at the party"; "celebrating after the game was a blast"
		loss the act of losing someone or something; "everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock"
		near-death experience the experience of being close to death but surviving
		ordeal a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence
		out-of-body experience the dissociative experience of observing yourself from an external perspective as though your mind or soul had left and was observing your body
		taste a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds; "a wine tasting"
		time the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
		head trip, trip an unintentional but embarrassing blunder; "he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep"
experience - the content of direct observation or participation in an event; "he had a religious experience"; "he recalled the experience vividly"
		cognitive content, mental object, content the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
		reality, world the quality possessed by something that is real
		living, life people who are still living; "save your pity for the living"
		re-experiencing, reliving a recurrence of a prior experience; "the reliving of a strong emotion can be therapeutic"
experience - the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities; "a man of experience"; "experience is the best teacher"
		inexperience, rawness lack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experience; "procedural inexperience created difficulties"; "their poor behavior was due to the rawness of the troops"
		education the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university)
		familiarisation, familiarization the experience of becoming familiar with something
Verb experiences, experiencing, experienced
experience - go or live through; "We had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in Viet Nam"
		see, go through
		undergo pass through; "The chemical undergoes a sudden change"; "The fluid undergoes shear"; "undergo a strange sensation"
		experience, live, know go through (mental or physical states or experiences); "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling"
		endure, suffer feel pain or be in pain
		suffer, meet feel pain or be in pain
		feel be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state; "My cold is gone--I feel fine today"; "She felt tired after the long hike"; "She felt sad after her loss"
		enjoy have benefit from; "enjoy privileges"
		witness, find, see be a witness to; "She witnessed the accident and had to testify in court"
		come come to pass; arrive, as in due course; "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June"
experience - go through (mental or physical states or experiences); "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling"
		receive, have, get
		perceive, comprehend become conscious of; "She finally perceived the futility of her protest"
		undergo pass through; "The chemical undergoes a sudden change"; "The fluid undergoes shear"; "undergo a strange sensation"
		sustain, suffer, have, get admit as valid; "The court sustained the motion"
		take ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial; "take a pulse"; "A reading was taken of the earth's tremors"
		horripilate cause (someone's) hair to stand on end and to have goosebumps; "Hitchcock movies horripilate me"
experience - undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret"
		feel
		compassionate, condole with, feel for, pity, sympathize with share the suffering of
		incline feel favorably disposed or willing; "She inclines to the view that people should be allowed to expres their religious beliefs"
		recapture capture again; "recapture the escaped prisoner"
		pride, congratulate, plume be proud of; "He prides himself on making it into law school"
		smolder, smoulder burn slowly and without a flame; "a smoldering fire"
		entertain, harbor, harbour, nurse, hold take into consideration, have in view; "He entertained the notion of moving to South America"
		cool off feel less enamoured of something or somebody
		see red, anger make angry; "The news angered him"
		chafe warm by rubbing, as with the hands
		suffer feel pain or be in pain
		fume be mad, angry, or furious
		rue, repent, regret feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about
		sadden make unhappy; "The news of her death saddened me"
		joy, rejoice feel happiness or joy
		sympathise, sympathize be understanding of; "You don't need to explain--I understand!"
		pride oneself, take pride feel proud of; "She took great pride in her sons"
		burn burn with heat, fire, or radiation; "The iron burnt a hole in my dress"
		die suffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense); "Whosoever..believes in me shall never die"
		fly high be elated; "He was flying high during the summer months"
		glow, beam, radiate, shine experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion; "She was beaming with joy"; "Her face radiated with happiness"
		glow experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion; "She was beaming with joy"; "Her face radiated with happiness"
experience - have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations; "I know the feeling!"; "have you ever known hunger?"; "I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict"; "The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare"; "I lived through two divorces"
		know, live
		experience, go through, see go through (mental or physical states or experiences); "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling"
		taste experience briefly; "The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died"
		live over, relive experience again, often in the imagination; "He relived the horrors of war"
experience - undergo; "The stocks had a fast run-up"
		have
		change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
		encounter, meet, receive contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary"

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Wiktionary

experience (Noun)
Events of which one is cognizant.
experience (Noun)
Activity which one has performed.
experience (Noun)
Collection of events and/or activities from which an individual or group may gather knowledge, opinions, and skills.
experience (Noun)
The knowledge thus gathered.
experience (Verb)
To observe certain events; undergo a certain feeling or process; or perform certain actions that may alter one or contribute to one's knowledge, opinions, or skills.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

experience (n.)
Trial, as a test or experiment.
experience (n.)
The effect upon the judgment or feelings produced by any event, whether witnessed or participated in; personal and direct impressions as contrasted with description or fancies; personal acquaintance; actual enjoyment or suffering.
experience (n.)
An act of knowledge, one or more, by which single facts or general truths are ascertained; experimental or inductive knowledge; hence, implying skill, facility, or practical wisdom gained by personal knowledge, feeling or action; as, a king without experience of war.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

experience
Knowledge and abilities gained by doing something for a certain time; the process of gaining it.
experience
Something that has happened to you, influencing your thoughts and behaviour; a special event in your life.
experience
To go or live through; to be affected by a certain situation, to have something happen to oneself.
experience
To have a distinct physical emotion, feeling or sensation.
experience
To go through (mental or physical states or experiences).

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

experience
eks-pē′ri-ens, n. thorough trial of: practical acquaintance with any matter gained by trial: repeated trial: long and varied observation, personal or general: wisdom derived from the changes and trials of life.—v.t. to make trial of, or practical acquaintance with: to prove or know by use: to suffer, undergo.—p.adj. Expē′rienced, taught by experience: skilful: wise.—adjs. Expē′rienceless, having no experience; Experien′tial, pertaining to or derived from experience.—ns. Experien′tialism; Experien′tialist.—Experience meeting, a religious meeting, where those present relate their religious experiences. [Fr.,—L. experientia, from experīri—ex, inten., and old verb perīri, to try.]

Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗

experience
Experience is a dear school, but it is the only one we are apt to learn in.
experience
Experience is the mistress of fools.

Wikipedia

Experience is knowledge a person gets by doing something or watching someone else do it. Experience is learning through actions. Someone can gain experience from someone else telling them what they have experienced.

Some religious groups and teaching methods value learning by experiencing.

For example, if someone want to learn about the game Chess, they would go and play several games of Chess. By making mistakes and learn from them, they learn more rather just reading about playing Chess.

Types of experience.

Someone who experienced by watching or doing something himself is said to have had

When the first person tells another person, the other person has had

Part of speech

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experience, verb, present, 1st person singular of experience (infinitive).
experience, verb (infinitive).
experience, noun, singular of experiences.