experience

Speech parts

1. experience - Noun

2. experience - Verb

Meaning

Trial, as a test or experiment.

The effect upon the judgment or feelings produced by any event, whether witnessed or participated in; personal and direct impressions as contrasted with description or fancies; personal acquaintance; actual enjoyment or suffering.

An act of knowledge, one or more, by which single facts or general truths are ascertained; experimental or inductive knowledge; hence, implying skill, facility, or practical wisdom gained by personal knowledge, feeling or action; as, a king without experience of war.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

have see know feel undergo go through practice live training knowledge event sense bear face receive

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Antonyms

inexperience greek downer grapevine bromide jabberwocky

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Hypernyms

see change education content undergo occurrence

Hyponyms

harbor rue harbour have time see

Phrases with the word

professional experience job experience amazing experience beautiful experience lack of experience experience success

Examples

The best teacher is experience. It charges a high price, but explains things well! Source: Internet

Experience is the teacher of all things. Julius Caesar

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Experience is the greatest teacher. Pakistani Proverb

Experience is the mother of wisdom. English Proverb

We start as fools and become wise through experience. Tanzanian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

expensively expensiveness expergefaction experience a renewed energy experience again experience alteration