Experienced


[ik-speer-ee-uh nst] /ɪkˈspɪər i ənst/

adjective
1.
wise or skillful in a particular field through :
an experienced teacher.
2.
having learned through ; taught by :
experienced through adversity.
3.
endured; undergone; suffered through:
experienced misfortunes.
[ik-speer-ee-uh ns] /ɪkˈspɪər i əns/
noun
1.
a particular instance of personally encountering or undergoing something:
My encounter with the bear in the woods was a frightening experience.
2.
the process or fact of personally observing, encountering, or undergoing something:
business experience.
3.
the observing, encountering, or undergoing of things generally as they occur in the course of time:
to learn from experience; the range of human experience.
4.
knowledge or practical wisdom gained from what one has observed, encountered, or undergone:
a man of experience.
5.
Philosophy. the totality of the cognitions given by perception; all that is perceived, understood, and remembered.
verb (used with object), experienced, experiencing.
6.
to have experience of; meet with; undergo; feel:
to experience nausea.
7.
to learn by experience.
Idioms
8.
experience religion, to undergo a spiritual conversion by which one gains or regains faith in God.
/ɪkˈspɪərɪənst/
adjective
1.
having become skilful or knowledgeable from extensive contact or participation or observation
/ɪkˈspɪərɪəns/
noun
1.
direct personal participation or observation; actual knowledge or contact: experience of prison life
2.
a particular incident, feeling, etc, that a person has undergone: an experience to remember
3.
accumulated knowledge, esp of practical matters: a man of experience
4.

5.
(philosophy)

verb (transitive)
6.
to participate in or undergo
7.
to be emotionally or aesthetically moved by; feel: to experience beauty
adj.

“having experience; skillful through expereince,” 1570s, past participle adjective from experience (v.).
n.

late 14c., “observation as the source of knowledge; actual observation; an event which has affected one,” from Old French esperience (13c.) “experiment, proof, experience,” from Latin experientia “knowledge gained by repeated trials,” from experientem (nominative experiens), present participle of experiri “to try, test,” from ex- “out of” (see ex-) + peritus “experienced, tested,” from PIE root *per- “to lead, pass over” (see peril). Meaning “state of having done something and gotten handy at it” is from late 15c.
v.

1530s, “to test, try;” see experience (n.). Sense of “feel, undergo” first recorded 1580s. Related: Experiences; experiencing.

experience ex·pe·ri·ence (ĭk-spēr’ē-əns)
n.
The feeling of emotions and sensations as opposed to thinking; involvement in what is happening rather than abstract reflection on an event.
ex·pe’ri·ence v.

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