experience
/ɪkspˈɪriʌns/
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Definitions
Noun
the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities; "a man of experience"; "experience is the best teacher"
Noun
the content of direct observation or participation in an event; "he had a religious experience"; "he recalled the experience vividly"
Noun
an event as apprehended; "a surprising experience"; "that painful experience certainly got our attention"
Verb
go or live through; "We had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in Viet Nam"
Verb
have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations; "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"; "I lived through two divorces"
Verb
go through (mental or physical states or experiences); "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling"
Verb
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret"
Verb
undergo; "The stocks had a fast run-up"
More General Terms
change
cognitive content
content
education
experience
go through
happening
mental object
natural event
occurrence
occurrent
see
undergo
More Specific Terms
anger
appalling
augury
beam
blast
burn
chafe
come
congratulate
cool off
die
encounter
endure
enjoy
entertain
experience
familiarisation
familiarization
feel
find
flash
flashing
fly high
foretoken
fume
get
glow
good time
harbor
harbour
have
head trip
hold
horripilate
incline
joy
know
life
live
live over
living
loss
meet
near-death experience
nurse
ordeal
out-of-body experience
plume
preindication
pride
pride oneself
radiate
reality
recapture
receive
re-experiencing
regret
rejoice
relive
reliving
reminder
repent
rue
sadden
see
see red
shine
sign
smolder
smoulder
suffer
sustain
sympathise
sympathize
take
take pride
taste
time
trip
vision
witness
woodcraft
world