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Experience

experience is on the Basic English 850 List.

expansion - experience - expert

experience is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

expense - experience - explain

Experience is on the Academic Vocabulary List.

Pronunciation

IPA ^(key): /ɪkˈspɪə.ri.ens/, SAMPA: /Ik"spI@.rI.Ens/
IPA ^(key): /ɪksˈpɪriəns/, SAMPA: /Iks"pIr\i@ns/
Audio (US) (file)
Audio (UK) (file)
Hyphenation: ex‧pe‧ri‧ence

Noun

Singular
experience

Plural
experiences

(countable) An experience is an event that happens to you or that you are a part of.
- Synonyms: happening, occurrence and event
The spelling bee was a horrible experience.
(uncountable) Experience is the amount of time you have been doing something (especially, a job).
- Antonym: inexperience
He has ten years of experience in law.

Related words

experiential

Verb

Plain form
experience

Third-person singular
experiences

Past tense
experienced

Past participle
experienced

Present participle
experiencing

Experience is on the Academic Vocabulary List.

If I experience something, it happens to me or I am involved in it.
- Synonyms: go through, happen and occur
We are experiencing technical difficulties.

We will never experience poverty because we are so rich.

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 {{noun}}
-#{{countable}} An '''experience''' is an event that happens to you or that you are a part of.
+# {{countable}} An '''experience''' is an event that happens to you or that you are a part of. {{syn|happening|occurrence|event}}
 #: ''The spelling bee was a horrible '''experience'''.''
-#{{mass noun}} '''Experience''' is the amount of time you have been doing something (especially, a job).
+# {{uncountable}} '''Experience''' is the amount of time you have been doing something (especially, a job). {{ant|inexperience}}
 #: ''He has ten years of '''experience''' in law.''
-===Synonyms===
+=== Related words ===
+* [[experiential]]
-*(''event'') [[happening]], [[occurrence]], [[event]]
-===Antonyms===
+== Verb ==
-*(''amount of time'') [[inexperience]]
-===Related words===
-*[[experiential]]
-==Verb==
 {{verb|experienc|e}}
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-# If I '''experience''' something, it happens to me or I am involved in it.
+# If I '''experience''' something, it happens to me or I am involved in it. {{syn|go through|happen|occur}}
-#: ''We are '''experiencing''' [[technical]] [[difficulty|difficulties]].''
+#: ''We are '''experiencing''' [[technical]] {{r|difficult|ies}}.''
+#: ''We will never '''experience''' poverty because we are so rich.''
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