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work experience

work experience noun: professional experience.

Noun

work experience (uncountable)

  1. Professional experience.
    • The applicant had impressive grades, but no relevant work experience.
    Synonyms:
    occupational experience
  2. (UK) A short unpaid period of time at a workplace, to gain experience of a working environment.
    Synonyms:
    internship

Synonyms of work experience

Questions about work experience

What does work experience mean?
Work experience means professional experience.
What part of speech is work experience?
Work experience is a noun.

Words near work experience in the dictionary

  1. work envelopes
  2. work environment
  3. work environments
  4. work ethic
  5. work ethics
  6. work experience
  7. work farm
  8. work farms
  9. work force
  10. work forces
  11. work front

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