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experience 1, noun (oh)



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1 ?knowledge/skill?
2 ?knowledge of life?
3 ?something that happens?
4 the black/female/Russian etc experience
5 work experience
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[Date: 1300-1400; Language: French; Origin: Latin experientia 'act of trying', from experiri 'to try out']
?KNOWLEDGE/SKILL?
[U] knowledge or skill that you gain from doing a job or activity, or the process of doing this
experience of/in/with
::You've got a lot of experience of lecturing.
::my experience in many areas of the music business
::He had no previous experience of managing a farm.
::The advice in the booklet reflects the practical experience we have gained (=experience gained by actually doing something, rather than knowledge from books etc) .
::I had some experience in fashion design.
::She was turned down on the grounds of lack of experience .
::I have first-hand experience (=experience gained by doing something myself) of running a school.
gain/get experience
::The programme enables pupils to gain some experience of the world of work.
?KNOWLEDGE OF LIFE?
[U] knowledge that you gain about life and the world by being in different situations and meeting different people, or the process of gaining this
in sb's experience
::In his experience, women did not like getting their feet wet and muddy.
know/learn/speak from experience
::Being a parent isn't easy, as I know from experience.
::All animals appear to have some capacity to learn from experience.
::I speak from bitter experience (=having learnt something because something unpleasant happened) .
personal/previous/past experience
::From personal experience, she knew and understood the problems of alcohol addiction.
experience shows/suggests that
::Beth's experience suggests that people don't really change deep down.
?SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS?
[C] something that happens to you or something you do, especially when this has an effect on what you feel or think
:: childhood experiences
experience of/with
::This was my first experience of living with other people.
experience for
::Failing an exam was a new experience for me.
::I had a similar experience last year.
::The two children in this story have been through a lot of bad experiences .
::Parachuting is quite an experience.
memorable/unforgettable experience
::This romantic evening cruise is a memorable experience.
religious experience
(=a situation in which you feel, hear, or see something that affects you strongly and makes you believe in God)
::This kind of religious experience was a sign of God's special favour.
the black/female/Russian etc experience
events or knowledge shared by the members of a particular society or group of people
::No writer expresses the black experience with such passion as Toni Morisson.
work experience
BrE a system in which a student can work for a company in order to learn about a job, or the period during which a student does this
::Ella is about to do work experience with a clothing manufacturer.
on work experience
::students on work experience