"experience" meaning in English

See experience in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɪkˈspɪə.ri.ens/, /ɪksˈpɪriəns/ Audio: en-us-experience.ogg [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-experience.wav [UK] Forms: experience [singular], experiences [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. An experience is an event that happens to you or that you are a part of. Synonyms: happening, occurrence, event
    Sense id: simple-experience-en-noun-oO74Wgge
  2. Experience is the amount of time you have been doing something (especially, a job).
    Sense id: simple-experience-en-noun-BXWHMTrX

Verb

IPA: /ɪkˈspɪə.ri.ens/, /ɪksˈpɪriəns/ Audio: en-us-experience.ogg [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-experience.wav [UK] Forms: experience [canonical], experiences [third-person, singular], experienced [past], experienced [past, participle], experiencing [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|experienc|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If I experience something, it happens to me or I am involved in it. Synonyms: go through, happen, occur
    Sense id: simple-experience-en-verb-yhQWtBYh
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