<b><font size="4">"experience"</font></b><br/><b>noun</b> <ol> <li>the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities; "a man of experience"; "experience is the best teacher" [ant: <a href="../inexperience.html">inexperience</a>] </li> <li>the content of direct observation or participation in an event; "he had a religious experience"; "he recalled the experience vividly" </li> <li>an event as apprehended; "a surprising experience"; "that painful experience certainly got our attention"</li> </ol> <b>verb</b> <ol> <li>go or live through; "We had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in Viet Nam" [syn: <a href="../undergo.html">undergo</a>, <a href="../see.html">see</a>, <a href="../gothrough.html">go through</a>] </li> <li>have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations; "I know the feeling!"; "have you ever known hunger?"; "I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict"; "The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare"; "I lived through two divorces" [syn: <a href="../know.html">know</a>, <a href="../live.html">live</a>] </li> <li>of mental or physical states or experiences; "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "undergo a strange sensation"; "The chemical undergoes a sudden change"; "The fluid undergoes shear"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling" [syn: <a href="../receive.html">receive</a>, <a href="../have.html">have</a>, <a href="../get.html">get</a>, <a href="../undergo.html">undergo</a>] </li> <li>undergo an emotional sensation; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret" [syn: <a href="../feel.html">feel</a>] </li> <li>undergo; "The stocks had a fast run-up" [syn: <a href="../have.html">have</a>]</li> </ol> Source: <a href="../experience.html">http://www.word.sc/experience</a>

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