experience
noun
us
/ɪkˈspɪr.i.əns/ uk
/ɪkˈspɪə.ri.əns/ in someone's experience
In her experience, people are more likely to write in to the show to complain than to give compliments.
have an experience I had a pretty unpleasant experience at the dentist's.
experience as It was interesting hearing about his experiences as a policeman.
- Fighting in Vietnam was an experience that would haunt him for the rest of his life.
- The new job will provide you with invaluable experience.
- We need someone who has experience in marketing and teaching, and I think Alex is just the woman for the job.
- A tour of Australia is a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
- I know from past experience that you can't judge someone by their appearance.
- a front-row seat idiom
- a lick of sense idiom
- acquaintance
- alertness
- ancient wisdom
- as every schoolboy/schoolchild knows idiom
- astuteness
- front row
- general knowledge
- glimpse of something
- gnostic
- know something by heart
- knowledge
- lived experience
- metacognition
- secret
- seize
- sensibility
- situational awareness
- street smarts
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
- Did you experience any ill effects from the treatment?
- It's quite natural to experience a few doubts just before you get married.
- You can't appreciate the true awfulness of war until you've actually experienced it.
- Schools nationwide are experiencing a shortage of teachers.
- He experiences severe mood swings .
- (straight) from the horse's mouth idiom
- afflict
- affliction
- almost/nearly die of something idiom
- battle scar
- be a martyr to something idiom
- depth
- escape
- go through phrasal verb
- grief-stricken
- grip
- hands-on
- hit someone where they live idiom
- horse
- practical
- run up against something phrasal verb
- seat-of-the-pants
- see life idiom
- stricken
- taste