experience
Meaning of experience
- practical contact with and observation of facts or events.
he had learned his lesson by painful experience
she spoke from experience
- an event or occurrence which leaves an impression on someone.
audition day is an enjoyable experience for any seven-year old
- encounter or undergo (an event or occurrence).
the company is experiencing difficulties
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin experientia, from experiri ‘try’. Compare with experiment and expert.
Information about experience
- The plural form of experience is: experiences.
- Languages in which experience is used:
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Hyphenation of experience
ex-pe-ri-ence
- It consists of 4 syllables and 10 chars.
- experience is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
experience synonyms
Meaning undergo:
Meaning know:
Meaning receive:
Meaning feel:
Meaning have:
Meaning an instance of something happening; an event or occurrence:
Meaning an incident or event:
Meaning a planned public or social occasion:
Meaning an event or occurrence:
Meaning an event or sequence of events of a specified kind or that has previously been referred to:
Meaning an event or a group of events occurring as part of a sequence; an incident or period considered in isolation:
Meaning an unexpected or casual meeting with someone or something:
Meaning an unusual and exciting or daring experience:
Meaning a bold or daring feat:
Meaning an act or incident involving excitement, daring, or adventure:
Meaning a fact or condition connected with or relevant to an event or action:
Meaning an instance of a particular situation; an example of something occurring:
Meaning a procedure intended to establish the quality, performance, or reliability of something, especially before it is taken into widespread use:
Meaning a formal examination of evidence by a judge, typically before a jury, in order to decide guilt in a case of criminal or civil proceedings:
Meaning a very unpleasant and prolonged experience:
Meaning encounter or experience (a particular situation or attitude):
Meaning have (a difficult situation) in prospect:
Meaning come face to face with (someone) with hostile or argumentative intent:
Meaning undergo or suffer (something unpleasant, especially an injury):
Meaning experience or be subjected to (something bad or unpleasant):
Meaning suffer (something painful or difficult) patiently:
Meaning allow the existence, occurrence, or practice of (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) without interference:
Meaning have experience of:
Meaning make an attempt or effort to do something:
Translation of experience
- German: Erfahrung, Erlebnis, erfahren, spüren
- Spanish: experiencia, experimentar, recibir
- French: expérience, avoir
- Italian: esperienza, vissuto, subire, sperimentare, vivere, provare, essere, avere
- Portuguese: experiência
Words that rhyme with experience
faence, Bence, decumbence, incumbence, recumbence, resorbence, succumbence, superincumbence, Autofluorescence, Cence, Renascence, acaulescence, accrescence, acescence, acquiescence, adherescence, adjacence, adnascence, adolescence, adularescence, albescence, alkalescence, arborescence, ascence, autofluorescence, autoluminescence, beneficence, bioluminescence, calescence, calorescence, candescence, canescence, cathodofluorescence, cathodoluminescence, chemicoluminescence, chemiluminescence, chemoluminescence, circumcrescence, circumjacence, coadjacence, coalescence, colliquescence, complacence, concaulescence, concrescence, concupiscence, connascence, consenescence, contabescence, convalescence