experience

experience is part of the Basic English 850.

experience is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

experience

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪkˈspɪə.ri.ens/, SAMPA: /Ik"spI@.rI.Ens/
• IPA: /ɪksˈpɪɹiəns/, SAMPA: /Iks"pIr\i@ns/
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Noun

Singular experience

Plural experiences

1. (countable) An experience is an event that happens to you or that you are a part of.

   The spelling bee was a horrible experience.

2. (uncountable) Experience is the amount of time you have been doing something (especially, a job).

   He has ten years of experience in law.

Synonyms

• (event) happening, occurrence, event

Antonyms

• (amount of time) inexperience

Related words

• experiential

Verb

Plain form experience

Third-person singular experiences

Past tense experienced

Past participle experienced

Present participle experiencing

1. If I experience something, it happens to me or I am involved in it.

   We are experiencing technical difficulties.

   We will never experience poverty because we are so rich.

Synonyms

• go through
• happen
• occur