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experiencing

experiencing is the present participle and gerund of experience.

Meaning of experience

Verb

experience (third-person singular simple present experiences, present participle experiencing, simple past and past participle experienced)

  1. (transitive) 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
    Synonyms:
    undergo, have

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Noun

experiencing (countable and uncountable, plural experiencings)

  1. The process of undergoing an experience, or the experience itself.
    • As a still further alternative, there's the conjecture that […] our split-brain patient was engaged in not one, but two experiencings. Quite dramatically, during the differentially stimulating setup of the experimental situation, her experiencings were qualitatively very different, and not just...2006, Peter K. Unger, Philosophical Papers: Volume Two, page 195

Forms of experiencing

pluralexperiencings

Questions about experiencing

What does experiencing mean?
Experiencing means the process of undergoing an experience, or the experience itself.
What is experiencing the present participle and gerund of?
Experiencing is the present participle and gerund of experience.
What part of speech is experiencing?
Experiencing is a noun.
What is the plural of experiencing?
The plural of experiencing is experiencings.

Words near experiencing in the dictionary

  1. experiencer
  2. experiencers
  3. experiences
  4. experiencewise
  5. experiencible
  6. experiencing
  7. experiencings
  8. experient
  9. experientable
  10. experiential
  11. experiential advertising

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