experience 1 of 2

noun

ik-ˈspir-ē-ən(t)s How to pronounce experience (audio)
Definition of experiencenext
1
as in skills
knowledge gained by actually doing or living through something the hospital is looking for nurses with operating-room experience

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2
as in adventure
an exciting or noteworthy event that one experiences firsthand related in a book his experiences as a roving correspondent for network TV news

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experience

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verb

as in to undergo
to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it eventually we all have to experience the loss of a loved one

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Recent Examples of experience
Noun
Even within that, our experiences are different from the person next to us. — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026 What the research says about dupe demand For many consumers, the pull of a dupe comes from scoring something that offers a similar look or experience without paying the higher price of the original. — Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Oct. 2026
Verb
California did not experience any rain or wind before massive swells overtook Laguna Beach, where a portion of the PCH remains closed as sections crack and slide down toward the ocean. — Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 17 Oct. 2026 Zimmern, based in Minneosta, has experienced these differences firsthand, tasting oysters harvested just a few hundred yards apart that delivered dramatically different flavors. — Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for experience
Recent Examples of Synonyms for experience
  1. skills
  2. adventure
  3. undergo
  4. expertise
  5. time
  6. have
  7. proficiency
  8. endure
Noun
  • The Basketmaker—whose skills go far beyond furniture making—weaves her a match, Fiddler on the Roof-like, and the Fisherwoman, after an awkward matrimonial moment, takes Wicker Husband home to her funky little cottage.
    — Valerie Monroe, Allure, 23 Oct. 2026
  • After Charlie left Analog World, his mother followed right after him into the box, but her navigation skills prove not to be as true.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of skills
Noun
  • Blaze, previously more peripheral to the adventure, became essential.
    — Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Strijd became a star in her own right, in part because of her vlogs, which followed her adventures as a VS angel.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of adventure
Verb
  • The Bearcat football community came together to support her son, Sam Soto, a third-generation Arlington High student and football player undergoing cancer treatment.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The test will be whether the Student List can transition their popular mobilization in the streets into a viable political option that can win an election and govern a country that hasn’t undergone a political transition in over a decade.
    — Chris Massaro, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of undergo
Noun
  • The exercise provided a practical demonstration of how shipbuilding expertise and mission autonomy software can work together.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Research can support local expertise and diagnostic capacity while helping identify treatments relevant to the continent’s health priorities.
    — Segun Fatumo, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of expertise
Noun
  • Burks personally prosecuted five capital murder death penalty cases during her time at the district attorney’s office.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Playing a real game in Spectrum Center for the first time since trading away LaMelo Ball over the summer, this was Charlotte’s first chance since that controversial deal to show the home fans that the deal was a good one.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of time
Verb
  • New discoveries matter only if companies have the incentive and capital to bring them to market.
    — Rick Lazio, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Fellow guard Nick Dorn (Indiana) had 8 points and six rebounds.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of have
Noun
  • Cheung said the training is intended to teach students that intimate examinations require more than medical knowledge and technical proficiency.
    — Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 18 Oct. 2026
  • His proficiency, buoyed by his expensive taste and skill in daisy-chaining images together, got his foot in the door of the indie-rap revitalization.
    — Matthew Ritchie, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of proficiency
Verb
  • The Ukrainian capital endured a noisy night as 21 ballistic missiles came in three waves, Zelenskyy said, smashing apartment buildings, energy facilities, a railway station and the Kyiv subway system, shopping malls and businesses.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
  • In the late ’70s and early ’80s, Lebanon endured an intense civil war.
    — Shy Clara Thompson, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2026
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