experience

experience
ex|pe|ri|ence1 W1S1 [ıkˈspıəriəns US -ˈspır-] n
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1¦(knowledge/skill)¦
2¦(knowledge of life)¦
3¦(something that happens)¦
4 the black/female/Russian etc experience
5 work experience
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[Date: 1300-1400; : French; Origin: Latin experientia 'act of trying', from experiri 'to try out']
1.) ¦(KNOWLEDGE/SKILL)¦[U]
knowledge or skill that you gain from doing a job or activity, or the process of doing this
experience of/in/with
▪ You've got a lot of experience of lecturing.
▪ my experience in many areas of the music business
▪ He had no previous experience of managing a farm.
▪ The advice in the booklet reflects the practical experience we have gained (=experience gained by actually doing something, rather than knowledge from books etc) .
▪ I had some experience in fashion design.
▪ She was turned down on the grounds of lack of experience .
▪ I have first-hand experience (=experience gained by doing something myself) of running a school.
gain/get experience
▪ The programme enables pupils to gain some experience of the world of work.
2.) ¦(KNOWLEDGE OF LIFE)¦[U]
knowledge that you gain about life and the world by being in different situations and meeting different people, or the process of gaining this
in sb's experience
▪ In his experience, women did not like getting their feet wet and muddy.
know/learn/speak from experience
▪ Being a parent isn't easy, as I know from experience.
▪ All animals appear to have some capacity to learn from experience.
▪ I speak from bitter experience (=having learnt something because something unpleasant happened) .
personal/previous/past experience
▪ From personal experience, she knew and understood the problems of alcohol addiction.
experience shows/suggests that
▪ Beth's experience suggests that people don't really change deep down.
3.) ¦(SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS)¦
something that happens to you or something you do, especially when this has an effect on what you feel or think
▪ childhood experiences
experience of/with
▪ This was my first experience of living with other people.
experience for
▪ Failing an exam was a new experience for me.
▪ I had a similar experience last year.
▪ The two children in this story have been through a lot of bad experiences .
▪ Parachuting is quite an experience.
memorable/unforgettable experience
▪ This romantic evening cruise is a memorable experience.
religious experience
(=a situation in which you feel, hear, or see something that affects you strongly and makes you believe in God)
▪ This kind of religious experience was a sign of God's special favour.
4.) the black/female/Russian etc experience
events or knowledge shared by the members of a particular society or group of people
▪ No writer expresses the black experience with such passion as Toni Morisson.
5.) work experience
BrE a system in which a student can work for a company in order to learn about a job, or the period during which a student does this
▪ Ella is about to do work experience with a clothing manufacturer.
on work experience
▪ students on work experience
experience 2
experience2 W2S2 v [T]
1.) if you experience a problem, event, or situation, it happens to you or affects you
experience problems/difficulties
▪ Many old people will experience problems as the result of retirement.
▪ Children need to experience things for themselves in order to learn from them.
2.) to feel a particular emotion, pain etc
▪ Many women experience feelings of nausea during pregnancy.

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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