experience
verb/ɪkˈspɪəriəns/
/ɪkˈspɪriəns/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they experience | /ɪkˈspɪəriəns/ /ɪkˈspɪriəns/ |
| he / she / it experiences | /ɪkˈspɪəriənsɪz/ /ɪkˈspɪriənsɪz/ |
| past simple experienced | /ɪkˈspɪəriənst/ /ɪkˈspɪriənst/ |
| past participle experienced | /ɪkˈspɪəriənst/ /ɪkˈspɪriənst/ |
| -ing form experiencing | /ɪkˈspɪəriənsɪŋ/ /ɪkˈspɪriənsɪŋ/ |
- experience something to have a particular situation affect you or happen to you
- Many people have never experienced these difficulties first-hand.
- We are currently experiencing problems with our IT systems.
- They had the opportunity to experience life at sea.
- Rapid growth has been experienced by over 50% of companies in the sector.
Extra Examples- Everyone experiences these problems at some time in their lives.
- The country experienced a foreign currency shortage for several months.
- He hadn't directly experienced the fighting in the city.
- I have personally experienced poverty and faced problems in pursuing higher studies.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- actually
- directly
- first-hand
- …
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- experience something to have and be aware of a particular emotion or physical feeling
- I have never experienced such pain before.
- I experienced feelings of sadness and loss.
- I experienced a moment of panic as I boarded the plane.
Extra Examples- Patients reported experiencing unpleasant symptoms such as nausea and headaches.
- To watch him dance is to experience joy in one's physical existence.
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin experientia, from experiri ‘try’. Compare with experiment and expert.
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