experience

Definitions

1. 1noun

   Trial, as a test or experiment.

2. 2noun

   The effect upon the judgment or feelings produced by any event, whether witnessed or participated in; personal and direct impressions as contrasted with description or fancies; personal acquaintance; actual enjoyment or suffering.

3. 3noun

   An act of knowledge, one or more, by which single facts or general truths are ascertained; experimental or inductive knowledge; hence, implying skill, facility, or practical wisdom gained by personal knowledge, feeling or action; as, a king without experience of war.

4. 4noun

   the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities

   "a man of experience"

   "experience is the best teacher"

5. 5noun

   the content of direct observation or participation in an event

   "he had a religious experience"

   "he recalled the experience vividly"

6. 6noun

   an event as apprehended

   "a surprising experience"

   "that painful experience certainly got our attention"

7. 7verb

   undergo

   "The stocks had a fast run-up"

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   have
8. 8verb

   have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations

   "I know the feeling!"

   "have you ever known hunger?"

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   knowlive
9. 9verb

   undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind

   "She felt resentful"

   "He felt regret"

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   feel
10. 10verb

    go through (mental or physical states or experiences)

    "get an idea"

    "experience vertigo"

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    gethavereceive
11. 11verb

    go or live through

    "We had many trials to go through"

    "he saw action in Viet Nam"

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    see