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- I UK [ɪkˈspɪərɪəns] / US [ɪkˈspɪrɪəns]
noun
Word forms "experience":
singular experience plural experiences1) [uncountable] knowledge and skill that is gained through time spent doing a job or activityYou don't need any experience to work here.
We would like to find someone with more experience.
business/teaching experience
have experience (in something):limited/considerable/extensive experience
experience with:She has years of experience in the computer industry.
experience as:Do you have any previous experience with children?
get/gain experience:We're looking for someone with experience as a teacher.
You need to get more management experience.
2) [uncountable] the knowledge that you get from life and from being in a lot of different situationsfrom past/previous/personal experience:Experience told me not to believe him.
in someone's experience:Helen knew from past experience that there was no point in arguing with him.
In my experience, very intelligent people can still make terrible mistakes.
3) [countable] something that happens to you, or a situation that you are involved inhave an experience:our childhood experiences
experience of/with:A lot of the people we talked to had had the same experience.
experience for:It was her first experience of dealing with people from another culture.
a bad/strange/traumatic etc experience:The whole thing must have been an interesting experience for you.
share your experiences of something (= tell people about them):I had a bad experience in the last place I worked.
an opportunity for people to share their experiences of living with the disease
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II UK [ɪkˈspɪərɪəns] / US [ɪkˈspɪrɪəns] verb [transitive]
Word forms "experience":
present tense I/you/we/they experience he/she/it experiences present participle experiencing past tense experienced past participle experienced1) if you experience a problem or a situation, you have that problem or are in that situationexperience difficulty/problems:the discrimination experienced by older people
experience something at first hand (= experience something directly, rather than hearing about it):The publishing industry is experiencing the same problems at the moment.
At the Chans' house I experienced Chinese hospitality at first hand.
2) to feel an emotion or a physical feelingAre you experiencing any pain?
It was the most wonderful feeling she had ever experienced.
English dictionary. 2014.