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Experience - Noun

The noun experience has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)

1. experience -- (the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities; "a man of experience"; "experience is the best teacher")
2. experience -- (the content of direct observation or participation in an event; "he had a religious experience"; "he recallled the experience vividly")
3. experience -- (an event as apprehended; "a surprising experience"; "that painful experience certainly got our attention")

Overview of verb experience

The verb experience has 5 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)

1. experience, undergo, go through -- (go or live through; "We had many trials to go through")
2. know, experience, live -- (have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations; "I know the feeling!" "have you ever known hunger?")
3. experience, receive, have, get, undergo -- (of mental or bodily states or experiences: "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "undergo a strange sensation"; "The fluid undergoes shear"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling")
4. feel, experience -- (undergo an emotional sensation; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret")
5. have, experience -- (undergo; "The stocks had a fast run-up")