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.