experience

  • 41experience — 1. noun 1) qualifications and experience Syn: skill, practical knowledge, understanding, background, track record, history; informal know how 2) an enjoyable experience Syn: incident, occurrence, event …

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  • 42experience — /ɪk spɪəriəns/ noun knowledge or skill that comes from having had to deal with many different situations ● She has a lot of experience of dealing with German companies. ● I gained most of my experience abroad. ● Considerable experience is… …

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  • 43experience — [14] Experience, experiment [14], and expert [14] all come from the same source, Latin experīrī. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix ex ‘out’ and a prehistoric base *per denoting ‘attempt, trial’ (found also in English empirical,… …

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  • 44experience — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin experientia act of trying, from experient , experiens, present participle of experiri to try, from ex + periri (akin to periculum attempt) more at fear Date: 14th century 1. a.… …

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  • 45expérience — nf., tentative, test, épreuve, essai : éssè nm. (Albanais.001). A1) expérience, connaissance, savoir, pratique : ptî <métier> nm., pratika nf., savaifére <savoir faire> nm., ko nsansa nf. (001) ; èspèryansa (001b, Chambéry),… …

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  • 46experience — see experience is the best teacher experience is the father of wisdom experience keeps a dear school …

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  • 47experience — n. & v. n. 1 actual observation of or practical acquaintance with facts or events. 2 knowledge or skill resulting from this. 3 a an event regarded as affecting one (an unpleasant experience). b the fact or process of being so affected (learnt by… …

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  • 48experience — Synonyms and related words: accept, acquaintance, adventure, affair, affect, affection, apprehend, awareness, background, be aware of, be conscious of, be exposed to, be sensible of, be subjected to, behold, blaseness, circumstance, common sense …

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  • 49experience —    This word (from the Latin experiri, meaning to try or to test ) refers to the knowledge or skills that a personacquires from his or her activities. Human experience is an important source for both religious experience and for… …

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  • 50experience — 1. noun /ɪkˈspɪə.ri.ens,ɪksˈpɪɹiəns/ a) Event(s) of which one is cognizant. It was an experience he would not soon forget. b) Activity which one has performed. Ant: inexperience 2 …

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