experience

Experience as a general concept comprises knowledge of or skill in or observation 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.The concept of experience generally refers to know-how or procedural knowledge, rather than propositional knowledge. Philosophers dub knowledge based on experience "empirical knowledge" or "a posteriori knowledge". The interrogation of experience also has a long tradition in continental philosophy. The German term Erfahrung, which is translated as 'experience' into English has, however, a slightly different implication, given that it is associated with the coherency of life's experiences.
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n. experience, experiment; taste, expertise, practise

(n.)
Trial, as a test or experiment.
  

(n.)
The effect upon the judgment or feelings produced by any event, whether witnessed or participated in; personal and direct impressions as contrasted with description or fancies; personal acquaintance; actual enjoyment or suffering.
  

(n.)
An act of knowledge, one or more, by which single facts or general truths are ascertained; experimental or inductive knowledge; hence, implying skill, facility, or practical wisdom gained by personal knowledge, feeling or action; as, a king without experience of war.
  

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