Meaning & Definition of Experience in English

1. 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. The content of direct observation or participation in an event

• "He had a religious experience"

• "He recalled the experience vividly"

3. An event as apprehended

• "A surprising experience"

• "That painful experience certainly got our attention"

1. Go or live through

• "We had many trials to go through"

• "He saw action in viet nam"

2. 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"

3. Go through (mental or physical states or experiences)

• "Get an idea"

• "Experience vertigo"

• "Get nauseous"

• "Receive injuries"

• "Have a feeling"

4. Undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind

• "She felt resentful"

• "He felt regret"

5. Undergo

• "The stocks had a fast run-up"