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| 1. | [ noun ] the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities | |
| Examples: | "a man of experience" "experience is the best teacher" |
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| Related terms: | inexperience education woodcraft familiarization | |
| 2. | [ noun ] the content of direct observation or participation in an event | |
| Examples: | "he had a religious experience" "he recalled the experience vividly" |
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| Related terms: | content world life reminder reliving have know | |
| 3. | [ noun ] an event as apprehended | |
| Examples: | "a surprising experience" "that painful experience certainly got our attention" |
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| Related terms: | happening time loss ordeal taste augury flash appalling vision blast out-of-body_experience near-death_experience head_trip high_point have | |
| 4. | [ verb ] go or live through | |
| Synonyms: | go_through undergo see | |
| Examples: | "We had many trials to go through" "he saw action in Viet Nam" |
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| Related terms: | participate witness feel suffer know enjoy suffer come | |
| 5. | [ verb ] have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations | |
| Synonyms: | know live | |
| Examples: | "I know the feeling!" "have you ever known hunger?" "I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict" "The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare" |
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| Related terms: | relive taste | |
| 6. | [ verb ] of mental or physical states or experiences | |
| Synonyms: | have get receive undergo | |
| Examples: | : "get an idea" "experience vertigo" "get nauseous" "undergo a strange sensation" "The chemical undergoes a sudden change" "The fluid undergoes shear" "receive injuries" "have a feeling" |
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| Related terms: | take suffer respire labor horripilate perceive | |
| 7. | [ verb ] undergo an emotional sensation | |
| Synonyms: | feel | |
| Examples: | "She felt resentful" "He felt regret" |
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| Related terms: | harbor suffer repent rejoice recapture feel_pride burn pride sympathize fume glow fly_high die glow anger chafe smolder seethe sadden take_pride cool_off feel_for | |
| 8. | [ verb ] undergo | |
| Synonyms: | have | |
| Examples: | "The stocks had a fast run-up" |
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| Related terms: | change meet | |
| Similar spelling: |
experienced exuberance experimenter experiential experiment expiring experimental ex-president expertise expertness |
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