experience
Syllables: ex·pe·ri·ence/ɪkˈspɪə.ɹi.əns/
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British/ɪkˈspɪːɹɪjəns/
experience noun: 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.
Noun
experience (countable and uncountable, plural experiences)
- 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.
- It was an experience he would not soon forget.
- March 20, 1684-5, John Sharp, Sermon preached at Whitehall
Those that undertook the religion of our Savior upon his preaching, had no experience of it.
- An activity one has performed.
- A collection of events and/or activities from which an individual or group may gather knowledge, opinions, and skills.
- Virtually all employers now require jobseekers to have work experience even for entry-level roles. Many believe this will hurt companies in the long run.
- they knew soone by experience how slenderly guarded against danger, the majestie of Rulers is1659, T[itus] Livius [i.e., Livy], “(please specify the book number)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Romane Historie […], London: […] W. Hunt, for George Sawbridge, […], →OCLC
- The knowledge thus gathered.
- In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted...2013 June 7, Ed Pilkington, “‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 6
- A business offering in which a major focus is the way that the customer interacts with the business throughout the transaction, as opposed to only its outcome (the product or service).
- CDNOW's custom music selection and Levi Strauss & Co.'s custom-fit jean service are also good examples of giving customers more than just the product, but an experience as well.1999, Journal of Integrated Communications
- Therefore, this chapter argues for an engagement with the actions, performances and practices of the experiencing subjects that 'make places' in the experience economy.2008 January 1, Jon Sundbo, Per Darmer, Creating Experiences in the Experience Economy, Edward Elgar Publishing, →ISBN, page 176
- Synonym of experience points
- As your troops conquer the enemy, they'll earn experience and gain levels. Each time they level up, their stats will increase.2003 December, “Fire Emblem”, in Nintendo Power, volume 174, Show Some Class, page 33
- Synonyms:
- experience points
- Trial; a test or experiment.
- She caused him to make experience / Vpon wyld beasts, which she in woods did find, / With wrongfull powre oppressing others of their kind1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 7
Verb
experience (third-person singular simple present experiences, present participle experiencing, simple past and past participle experienced)
- 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.
- A 2022 report published by the Scottish Borders Council states: "Hawick has been affected more by depopulation than any other Borders town, with all parts of the town experiencing population loss, and Hawick Central is currently experiencing the highest depopulation out of the 30 Intermediate Zones...2025 April 30, Andy Comfort, “£10 million closer to Carlisle”, in RAIL, number 1034, page 41
experience meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
experience in Hindi
- effect upon the judgment or feelings produced by any event, whether witnessed or participated in
- अनुभव anubhav, तजुर्बा tajurbā
- activity which one has performed
- अनुभव anubhav, तजरुबा tajrubā
- collection of events and/or activities from which an individual or group may gather knowledge
- अनुभव anubhav
- the knowledge thus gathered
- अनुभव anubhav
experience in Tamil
- பட்டறிவு, அனுபவம், நேருணர்வு, நுகர்வு, நுகர்வறிவு, கைத்திறன்
experience in Marathi
- effect upon the judgment or feelings produced by any event, whether witnessed or participated in
- अनुभव anubhav
- the knowledge thus gathered
- अनुभव anubhav
- to observe or undergo
- अनुभवणे anubhavṇe
experience in Urdu
- effect upon the judgment or feelings produced by any event, whether witnessed or participated in
- تَجْرِبَہ tajriba
- the knowledge thus gathered
- تَجْرِبَہ tajriba
More languagesFewer languages
- experience in Bengali
- অনুভব onubhob
- experience in Telugu
- అనుభవించు anubhaviñcu, అనుభవము anubhavamu, చూచు cūcu
- experience in Malayalam
- അനുഭവം anubhavaṁ, പരിചയം paricayaṁ
- experience in Kannada
- ಅನುಭವ anubhava, ಅನುಭವಿಸು anubhavisu
- experience in Punjabi
- ਤਜਰਬਾ tajarabā, ਜਾਣਕਾਰੀ jāṇkārī
- experience in Gujarati
- અનુભવ anubhav, અનુભવવું anubhavvũ
- experience in Odia
- ବୁଝିବା bujhibā
- experience in Sanskrit
- अनुभवति anubhavati, भरते bhárate
- experience in Assamese
- পা pa
- experience in Nepali
- अनुभव, अनुभव गर्ने
- experience in Pashto
- تجربه tajrebá
- experience in Tagalog
- karanasan, danas
- experience in Arabic
- خِبْرَة ḵibra, تَجْرِبَة tajriba, اِخْتِبَار iḵtibār
- experience in Malay
- pengalaman, alami
- experience in Indonesian
- pengalaman, mengalami
- experience in Thai
- ประสบการณ์ bprà-sòp-gaan, มีประสบการณ์
- experience in Vietnamese
- kinh nghiệm, trải qua, trải nghiệm, kinh qua
- experience in Myanmar
- အတွေ့အကြုံ a.twe.a.krum
Examples of experience in a sentence
- “I have tried, as I hinted, to enlist the co-operation of other capitalists, but experience has taught me that any appeal is futile that does not impinge directly upon cupidity. […]”1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
- Lastly, I must mention the "Underground," to travel on which was, in those days, an experience to be remembered.1957 July, M. D. Greville, “A Diamond Jubilee of Railway Memories”, in Railway Magazine, page 459:
- To this I answer in one word, from experience.1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], chapter 2, in An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for...
- In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones.2013 June 7, Ed Pilkington, “‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 6:
Synonyms of experience
Antonyms
Forms of experience
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | experiences |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | experiences |
| present participle | experiencing |
| past participle | experienced |
| past | experienced |
Origin of experience
From Middle English experience, from Old French, from Latin experientia (“a trial, proof, experiment, experimental knowledge, experience”), from experiens, present participle of experiri (“to try, put to the test, undertake, undergo”), from ex (“out”) + peritus (“experienced, expert”), past participle of *periri (“to go through”); see expert and peril. Displaced native Old English āfandung (“experience”) and āfandian (“to experience”).
Words formed from experience
- experienceable
- nonexperiencing
- re-experience. reexperience
- boyfriend experience
- chalk something up to experience
- chief experience officer
- coexperience
- contact experience
- customer experience
- developer experience
- eggsperience
- experienced
- experience effect
- experience is the best teacher
- experienceless
- experience meeting
- experience point
- experience points
- experiencer
- experience table
- experiencewise
- experiential
- girlfriend experience
- inner experience
- interexperience
- learn from experience
- lived experience
- near-death experience
- nonexperience
- out-of-body experience
- out-of-box experience
- out-of-the-body experience
- pornstar experience
- postexperience
- pseudoexperience
- put something down to experience
- real-life experience
- sexperience
- unexperience
- work experience
Phrases with experience
- user experience
- experience tables
- experience effects
- experience meetings
- porn star experience
- learns from experience
- learnt from experience
- learned from experience
- learning from experience
- chief experience officers
- chalks something up to experience
- puts something down to experience
3 more phrasesFewer phrases
Questions about experience
- What does experience mean?
- Experience means 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.
- What is experience in Hindi?
- Experience in Hindi is अनुभव (anubhav), तजुर्बा (tajurbā), तजरुबा (tajrubā). See Experience meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use experience in a sentence?
- “I have tried, as I hinted, to enlist the co-operation of other capitalists, but experience has taught me that any appeal is futile that does not impinge directly upon cupidity. […]”
- What part of speech is experience?
- Experience can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce experience?
- Experience is pronounced /ɪkˈspɪə.ɹi.əns/ (UK).
- What is the plural of experience?
- The plural of experience is experiences.
Words near experience in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: experience (page history and authors); experience (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); అనుభవము (Telugu) (page history and authors); ಅನುಭವ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਜਾਣਕਾਰੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ବୁଝିବା (Odia) (page history and authors); পা (Assamese) (page history and authors); experience (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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