Experience
[n] the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities; "a man of experience"; "experience is the best teacher"
[n] the content of direct observation or participation in an event; "he had a religious experience"; "he recalled the experience vividly"
[n] an event as apprehended; "a surprising experience"; "that painful experience certainly got our attention"
[v] undergo; "The stocks had a fast run-up"
[v] 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"
[v] undergo an emotional sensation; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret"
[v] 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"
[v] go or live through; "We had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in Viet Nam"
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accept, acquaintance, adventure, affair, affect, affection, apprehend, awareness, background, be aware of, be conscious of, be exposed to, be sensible of, be subjected to, behold, blaseness, circumstance, common sense, consciousness, contact, corpus, data