Experience Definition
ĭk-spîrē-əns
experienced, experiences, experiencing
noun
experiences
The apprehension of an object, thought, or emotion through the senses or mind.
A child's first experience of snow.
American Heritage
Anything observed or lived through.
An experience he'll never forget.
Webster's New World
The act of living through an event or events; personal involvement in or observation of events as they occur.
Webster's New World
All that has happened in one's life to date.
Not within his experience.
Webster's New World
Everything done or undergone by a group, people in general, etc.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
verb
experienced, experiences, experiencing
To have experience of; personally encounter or feel; meet with; undergo.
Webster's New World
: To observe certain events; undergo a certain feeling or process; or perform certain actions that may alter one or contribute to one's knowledge, opinions, or skills.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Experience
Noun
Singular:
experience
Plural:
experiencesOrigin of Experience
-
From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin experientia (“a trial, proof, experiment, experimental knowledge, experience”), from experiens, present participle of experiri (“to try, put to the test, undertake, undergo”), from ex (“out”) + *periri (“to go through”), in past participle peritus (“experienced, expert”); see expert and peril.
From Wiktionary
-
Middle English from Old French from Latin experientia from experiēns experient- present participle of experīrī to try per-3 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Find Similar Words
Find similar words to experience using the buttons below.