1. experience - noun
· the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities; "a man of experience"; "experience is the best teacher"
Hypernym(s): education
Antonym(s): inexperience
2. experience - noun
· the content of direct observation or participation in an event; "he had a religious experience"; "he recalled the experience vividly"
Hypernym(s): content, cognitive_content, mental_object
3. experience - noun
· an event as apprehended; "a surprising experience"; "that painful experience certainly got our attention"
Hypernym(s): happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural_event
4. experience - verb
· undergo or live through a difficult experience; "We had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in Viet Nam"
Synonym(s): see, go_through
Hypernym(s): undergo
5. experience - verb
· 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"
Hypernym(s): experience, see, go_through
6. experience - verb
· go through (mental or physical states or experiences); "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling"
Synonym(s): receive, have, get
Hypernym(s): undergo
7. experience - verb
· undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret"
Synonym(s): feel
8. experience - verb
· undergo; "The stocks had a fast run-up"
Synonym(s): have
Hypernym(s): change
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