"experience" noun 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: inexperience (http://word.sc/inexperience)] the content of direct observation or participation in an event; "he had a religious experience"; "he recalled the experience vividly" an event as apprehended; "a surprising experience"; "that painful experience certainly got our attention" verb go or live through; "We had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in Viet Nam" [syn: undergo (http://word.sc/undergo), see (http://word.sc/see), go through (http://word.sc/go through)] 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: know (http://word.sc/know), live (http://word.sc/live)] 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: receive (http://word.sc/receive), have (http://word.sc/have), get (http://word.sc/get), undergo (http://word.sc/undergo)] undergo an emotional sensation; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret" [syn: feel (http://word.sc/feel)] undergo; "The stocks had a fast run-up" [syn: have (http://word.sc/have)] Source: http://www.word.sc/experience

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