EGAVE

experience

About 167.65 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun 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.
    It was an experience he would not soon forget.
  2. noun An activity one has performed.
  3. noun A collection of events and/or activities from which an individual or group may gather knowledge, opinions, and skills.
    Virtually all employers now require jobseekers to have work experience even for entry-level roles. Many believe this will hurt companies in the long run.
  4. noun The knowledge thus gathered.
  5. noun A business offering in which a major focus is the way that the customer interacts with the business throughout the transaction, as opposed to only its outcome (the product or service).
  6. noun Synonym of experience points
  7. noun Trial; a test or experiment.
  8. verb 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.

Similar words

know receive have feel live get undergo go through experiential empirical

Often followed by

of in and with is that the as to

Word family

experienced experiences experiencing

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