Experience – ih k s o iy ax r iy ax n s
An event that leaves an impression on someone
His accident was a painful experience.
Definition noun
a particular instance of personally encountering or undergoing something
the process or fact of personally observing, encountering, or undergoing something
the observing, encountering, or undergoing of things generally as they occur in the course of time
knowledge or practical wisdom gained from what one has observed, encountered, or undergone
verb (used with object)
to have experience of; meet with; undergo; feel
to learn by experience.
How to Pronounce
Synonyms for experience
Entries near experience
expendable, expenditure, expense, expense account, expensive, experience, experienced, Experience is the best teacher, experience meeting, experience point, experiencer
First known usage
1350–1400; Middle English, Middle French, from Latin experientia, equivalent to experient- (stem of experiēns, past participle of experīrī “to try, test”; see ex-1, peril) + -ia
