Synonyms: experience
Definition: the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities
Usage: a man of experience; experience is the best teacher
Similar words: education
Definition: knowledge acquired by learning and instruction
Usage: it was clear that he had a very broad education
Synonyms: experience
Definition: the content of direct observation or participation in an event
Usage: he had a religious experience; he recalled the experience vividly
Similar words: mental object, content, cognitive content
Definition: the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
Synonyms: experience
Definition: an event as apprehended
Usage: a surprising experience; that painful experience certainly got our attention
Similar words: natural event, occurrence, occurrent, happening
Definition: an event that happens
Synonyms: experience, have
Definition: undergo
Usage: The stocks had a fast run-up
Similar words: change
Definition: undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
Usage: She changed completely as she grew older; The weather changed last night
Synonyms: know, live, experience
Definition: have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations
Usage: 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
Similar words: see, go through, experience
Definition: go or live through
Usage: We had many trials to go through; he saw action in Viet Nam
Synonyms: receive, experience, get, have
Definition: go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
Usage: get an idea; experience vertigo; get nauseous; receive injuries; have a feeling
Similar words: undergo
Definition: pass through
Usage: The chemical undergoes a sudden change; The fluid undergoes shear; undergo a strange sensation
Synonyms: see, go through, experience
Definition: go or live through
Usage: We had many trials to go through; he saw action in Viet Nam
Similar words: undergo
Definition: pass through
Usage: The chemical undergoes a sudden change; The fluid undergoes shear; undergo a strange sensation