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experience points

experience points noun: a system of points which, when a predetermined amount is accumulated by a player character, causes them to level up. This is one of the core mechanics of many role-playing games.

Noun

experience points pl (normally plural, singular experience point)

  1. (plural, plural-normally) A system of points which, when a predetermined amount is accumulated by a player character, causes them to level up. This is one of the core mechanics of many role-playing games.
    • He got a few experience points by killing two zombies and two spiders.
    Synonyms:
    EXP, XP, experience

Synonyms of experience points

Forms of experience points

singularexperience point

Origin of experience points

From experience + points.

Words formed from experience points

Questions about experience points

What does experience points mean?
Experience points means a system of points which, when a predetermined amount is accumulated by a player character, causes them to level up. This is one of the core mechanics of many role-playing games.
What part of speech is experience points?
Experience points is a noun.

Words near experience points in the dictionary

  1. experience effects
  2. experience is the best teacher
  3. experience meeting
  4. experience meetings
  5. experience point
  6. experience points
  7. experience table
  8. experience tables
  9. experienceable
  10. experienced
  11. experiencedly

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