Experience
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experience
v. try; live through; feel; endure
 
n. knowledge obtained by doing; something that one has lived through

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Experience
Experience as a general concept comprises knowledge of or skill of some thing or some event gained through involvement in or exposure to that thing or event. The history of the word experience aligns it closely with the concept of experiment. For example, the word experience could be used in a statement like: "I have experience in fishing".

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experience

Noun
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"
(antonym) inexperience
(hypernym) education
(hyponym) familiarization, familiarisation
(derivation) undergo, see, go through
2. the content of direct observation or participation in an event; "he had a religious experience"; "he recalled the experience vividly"
(hypernym) content, cognitive content, mental object
(hyponym) world, reality
(derivation) have
3. an event as apprehended; "a surprising experience"; "that painful experience certainly got our attention"
(hypernym) happening, occurrence, natural event
(hyponym) appalling
(part-meronym) high point
(derivation) have

Verb
1. go or live through; "We had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in Viet Nam"
(synonym) undergo, see, go through
(hypernym) participate, take part
(hyponym) know, live
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"
(synonym) know, live
(hypernym) undergo, see, go through
(hyponym) taste
3. of mental or physical states or experiences; "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "undergo a strange sensation"; "The chemical undergoes a sudden change"; "The fluid undergoes shear"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling"
(synonym) receive, have, get, undergo
(hyponym) respire
(entail) perceive, comprehend
4. undergo an emotional sensation; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret"
(synonym) feel
(hyponym) recapture
5. undergo; "The stocks had a fast run-up"
(synonym) have
(hypernym) change
(hyponym) meet, encounter, receive


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expérience
nf. experience, experiment; taste, expertise, practise

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experience
v. zažít; prožít
 
n. zkušenost; praxe; zážitek


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