experience

Etymology
From, from , from , from , present participle of , from + , past participle of ; see  and. Displaced native and.

Noun

 * 1) 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.
 * 2) * March 20, 1684-5,, Sermon preached at Whitehall
 * Those that undertook the religion of our Savior upon his preaching, had no experience of it.
 * 1)  An activity one has performed.
 * 2)  A collection of events and/or activities from which an individual or group may gather knowledge, opinions, and skills.
 * 3)  The knowledge thus gathered.
 * 4)  Trial; a test or experiment.
 * 1)  The knowledge thus gathered.
 * 2)  Trial; a test or experiment.
 * 1)  The knowledge thus gathered.
 * 2)  Trial; a test or experiment.
 * 1)  Trial; a test or experiment.

Usage notes

 * Adjectives often applied to "experience": broad, wide, good, bad, great, amazing, horrible, terrible, pleasant, unpleasant, educational, financial, military, commercial, academic, political, industrial, sexual, romantic, religious, mystical, spiritual, psychedelic, scientific, human, magical, intense, deep, humbling, unforgettable, unique, exciting, exhilarating.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: خِبْرَة, تَجْرِبَة
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: esperiencia
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Belarusian:, до́след
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: oplevelse,
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Esperanto: sperto
 * Estonian: kogemus
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: გამოცდილება
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἐμπειρία
 * Gujarati: અનુભવ
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:, , तजुर्बा
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: taithí, eispéireas
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: тәжірибе
 * Khmer: ការពិសោធន៍
 * Korean:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao: ປະສົບການ
 * Latin: perītia
 * Latvian: pieredze
 * Lithuanian: patirtis, patyrimas
 * Macedonian: искуство
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: wheako
 * Marathi: अनुभव
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Old English: āfandung
 * Pali: anubhūta
 * Pashto:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: experienta,
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: иску́ство
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: skúsenosť
 * Slovene: izkušnja
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: karanasan
 * Tajik: таҷруба
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Turkmen: tejribe
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu: تجربہ
 * Uyghur: تەجرىبە
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Zazaki: tecrube


 * Arabic: اِخْتِبَار
 * Asturian: esperiencia
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: taithí, eispéireas
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Malay:
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian:


 * Arabic: خِبْرَة
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: esperiencia
 * Belarusian:, перажыва́нне
 * Bulgarian: преживяване
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: sperto
 * Estonian: kogemus
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: taithí
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: ការពិសោធន៍
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Old English: āfandung
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovak: skúsenosť
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese:


 * Asturian: esperiencia
 * Belarusian: до́след,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: seanchríonnacht, taithí
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Latvian: pieredze
 * Malayalam:
 * Marathi: अनुभव
 * Norwegian:
 * Old English: āfandung
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, искушённость
 * Slovak: skúsenosť
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese:


 * Icelandic:, , , ,
 * Interlingua:
 * Korean:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Volapük: ,

Verb

 * 1)  To observe certain events; undergo a certain feeling or process; or perform certain actions that may alter one or contribute to one's knowledge, opinions, or skills.

Synonyms

 * undergo

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: opleve,
 * Dutch:, , , ,
 * Esperanto: sperti
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: გადაიტანს
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: πάσχω
 * Gujarati: અનુભવવું
 * Hindi: अनुभव करना
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:, verða fyrir, upplifa
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: experientiar
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Korean:
 * Latin:, experior
 * Latvian:, piedzīvot
 * Lithuanian: patirti
 * Malay:
 * Marathi: अनुभवणे
 * Norwegian: erfare
 * Old English: āfandian
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Sanskrit: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:, , experienciar
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: danas
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: пережи́ти (щось)
 * Vietnamese:, , , ,
 * Volapük: lifotön,
 * West Frisian: belibje
 * Zazaki: tecrube kerden, cerebnayen