"work experience" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} work experience (uncountable)
  1. Professional experience. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: occupational experience Translations (professional experience): werkervaring [feminine] (Dutch), työkokemus (Finnish), expérience professionnelle [feminine] (French), doświadczenie zawodowe [neuter] (Polish), arbetslivserfarenhet [common-gender] (Swedish), до́свід робо́ти (dósvid robóty) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-work_experience-en-noun-jfub~c-J Disambiguation of 'professional experience': 89 11
  2. (UK) A short unpaid period of time at a workplace, to gain experience of a working environment. Tags: UK, uncountable Synonyms: internship Translations (short unpaid period of time at a workplace — see also internship): 實習 (Chinese Mandarin), 实习 (shíxí) (Chinese Mandarin), praktik [common-gender] (Danish), työharjoittelu (Finnish), stage en entreprise [masculine] (French), Praktikum [neuter] (German), prácticas laborales (Spanish), praktik [common-gender] (Swedish), до́свід робо́ти (dósvid robóty) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-work_experience-en-noun-Cxh0oNTL Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of 'short unpaid period of time at a workplace — see also internship': 1 99

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