experience

See also expérience

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin experientia (“a trial, proof, experiment, experimental knowledge, experience”), from experiens, present participle of experiri (“to try, put to the test, undertake, undero”), from ex (“out”) + *periri (“to go through”), in past participle peritus (“experienced, expert”); see expert and peril.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪkˈspɪə.ri.ens/, SAMPA: /Ik"spI@.rI.Ens/
• IPA: /ɪksˈpɪɹiəns/, SAMPA: /Iks"pIr\i@ns/

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Noun

experience (plural experiences)

1. Event(s) of which one is cognizant.

   It was an experience he would not soon forget.

2. Activity which one has performed.
3. Collection of events and/or activities from which an individual or group may gather knowledge, opinions, and skills.
4. The knowledge thus gathered.

Usage notes

• Adjectives often applied to "experience": good, bad, great, amazing, horrible, terrible, pleasant, unpleasant, educational, financial, military, commercial, academic, political, industrial, sexual, romantic, religious, mystical, spiritual, psychedelic, scientific, human, magical, intense, deep, humbling, unforgettable, unique, exciting, exhilarating.

Antonyms

• inexperience

Derived terms

• experiential
• experience points
• experienced

Translations

event(s) of which one is cognizant

Arabic: خبرة (ar) (xíbra) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 經驗 (zh), 经验 (zh) (jīngyàn) Croatian: iskústvo (hr) n. Czech: zkušenost (cs) f., zážitek (cs) m. Danish: oplevelse (da) c., erfaring (da) c. Dutch: ervaring (nl) f. Finnish: kokemus (fi) French: expérience (fr) f. German: Erlebnis (de) n., Erfahrung (de) f. Greek: εμπειρία (el) (empeiría) f. Hindi: अनुभव (hi) (anubhav) m.

Hungarian: élmény (hu) Italian: esperienza (it) f. Japanese: 経験 (ja) (けいけん, keiken), 体験 (ja) (たいけん, taiken) Korean: 경험 (ko) (gyeongheom) (經驗 (ko)) Latvian: pieredze (lv) f. Lithuanian: patirtis (lt) f., patyrimas (lt) m. Norwegian: erfaring (no) m. and f. Polish: doświadczenie (pl) n. Portuguese: experiência (pt) f. Russian: опыт (ru) (ópyt) m. Swahili: tajiriba (sw), uzoefu (sw)

activity which one has performed

Arabic: اختبار (ar) (ixtibār) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 經歷 (zh), 经历 (zh) (jīnglì) Croatian: iskústvo (hr) n. Czech: zážitek (cs) m. Danish: rutine (da) c., øvelse (da) c. Dutch: ervaring (nl) f. Finnish: kokemus (fi) French: expérience (fr) f. German: Praxis (de) f., Erlebnis (de) n. Greek: εμπειρία (el) (empeiría) f. Hindi: अनुभव (hi) (anubhav) m.

Hungarian: gyakorlat (hu) Ido: experienco (io) Italian: esperienza (it) f. Japanese: 経験 (ja) (けいけん, keiken) Korean: 경험 (ko) (gyeongheom) (經驗 (ko)) Norwegian: erfaring (no) m. and f. Persian: تجربه (fa) (tajrobe) Polish: doświadczenie (pl) n. Portuguese: experiência (pt) f. Russian: опыт (ru) (ópyt) m. Swahili: tajriba (sw), uzoefu (sw)

collection of events and/or activities from which an individual or group may gather knowledge

Arabic: خبرة (ar) (xíbra) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 經歷 (zh), 经历 (zh) (jīnglì) Croatian: iskústvo (hr) n. Czech: zkušenost (cs) f. Danish: erfaring (da) c. Dutch: ervaring (nl) f. Finnish: kokemus (fi) French: expérience (fr) f. German: Erlebnis (de) n., Erfahrung (de) f.

Greek: εμπειρία (el) (empeiría) f. Hungarian: tapasztalat (hu) Italian: esperienza (it) f. Norwegian: erfaring (no) m. and f. Polish: doświadczenie (pl) n. Portuguese: experiência (pt) f. Russian: опыт (ru) (ópyt) m. Slovak: skúsenosť (sk) f. Swahili: tajriba (sw), uzoefu (sw)

the knowledge thus gathered

Czech: zkušenost (cs) f. Dutch: kennis (nl) French: expérience (fr) f.

Greek: εμπειρία (el) (empeiría) f. Italian: esperienza (it) f. Norwegian: erfaring (no) m. and f. Polish: doświadczenie (pl) n. Swahili: tajriba (sw), uzoefu (sw) Swedish: erfarenhet (sv)

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Icelandic: reynsla f., lífsreynsla f., atvik n., viðburður m., starfsreynsla f. Indonesian: pengalaman Interlingua: experientia Korean: 경험 (gyeong-heom) Spanish: experiencia f.

Swedish: erfarenhet Turkish: tecrübe, deneyim Volapük: lifot, plak Serbo-Croatian: iskustvo Volapük: plak

Verb

experience (third-person singular simple present experiences, present participle experiencing, simple past and past participle experienced)

1. (transitive): 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.

Derived terms

• experienceable

Translations

to observe or undergo

Chinese: Mandarin: 經歷 (zh), 經歷 (zh) (jīnglì) Croatian: iskúsiti (hr) Danish: opleve (da), erfare (da) Dutch: ervaren (nl), meemaken (nl), ondergaan (nl), ondervinden (nl), beleven (nl) Esperanto: sperti (eo) Finnish: kokea (fi) French: éprouver (fr) German: erfahren (de), erleben (de) Hindi: अनुभव करना (hi) (anubhav karnā) Hungarian: tapasztal (hu) Icelandic: reyna (is), verða fyrir (is), upplifa (is) Indonesian: mengalami (id) Interlingua: experientiar Italian: esperire (it) Japanese: 経験する (ja) (けいけんする, keiken-suru), 体験する (ja) (たいけんする, taiken-suru)

Korean: 경험하다 (ko) (gyeongheom-hada) Latvian: pieredzēt (lv), piedzīvot (lv) Lithuanian: patirti Norwegian: erfare (no) Old English: ġebīdan (ang) Polish: doświadczyć (pl) Portuguese: experienciar Romanian: păți (ro) Russian: испытывать (ru) (ispýtyvat’) impf., испытать (ru) (ispytát’) pf.; переживать (ru) (pereživát’) impf., пережить (ru) (perežít’) pf. Spanish: experimentar (es) Swahili: tajiriba (sw), uzoefu (sw) Swedish: uppleva (sv) Vietnamese: kinh nghiệm (vi) Volapük: lifotön, plakön West Frisian: belibje (fy)

External links

• experience in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• experience in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• experience at OneLook Dictionary Search