experience
[ ik-speer-ee-uhns ]
/ ɪkˈspɪər i əns /
noun
verb (used with object), ex·pe·ri·enced, ex·pe·ri·enc·ing.
to have experience of; meet with; undergo; feel: to experience nausea.
to learn by experience.
Idioms for experience
experience religion,
to undergo a spiritual conversion by which one gains or regains faith in God.
Origin of experience
SYNONYMS FOR experience
6
encounter,
know,
endure,
suffer.
Experience,
undergo refer to encountering situations, conditions, etc., in life, or to having certain sensations or feelings.
Experience implies being affected by what one meets with:
to experience a change of heart, bitter disappointment.
Undergo usually refers to the bearing or enduring of something hard, difficult, disagreeable, or dangerous:
to undergo severe hardships, an operation.
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British Dictionary definitions for experiences
experience
/ (ɪkˈspɪərɪəns) /
noun
verb (tr)
to participate in or undergo
to be emotionally or aesthetically moved by; feel
to experience beauty
Derived forms of experience
experienceable, adjectiveWord Origin for experience
C14: from Latin
experientia, from
experīrī to prove; related to Latin
perīculum
peril
Medical definitions for experiences
experience
[ ĭk-spîr′ē-əns ]
n.
The feeling of emotions and sensations as opposed to thinking; involvement in what is happening rather than abstract reflection on an event.