experience

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ɪkˈspɪə.ri.ens/, SAMPA: /Ik"spI@.rI.Ens/
• IPA ^(key): /ɪksˈpɪriəns/, SAMPA: /Iks"pIr\i@ns/

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• Hyphenation: ex‧pe‧ri‧ence

Noun

Singular experience

Plural experiences

1. (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.

2. (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

1. 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.