experience
Usage
What is another way to say experience?
The verb experience implies being affected by what one meets with: to experience a change of heart, bitter disappointment. Undergo usually refers to the bearing or enduring of something hard, difficult, disagreeable, or dangerous: to undergo severe hardships, an operation.
Example Sentences
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He described the experience in his 1974 memoir Carrying the Fire, saying he felt "truly alone" and "isolated from any known life", but that he did not feel fear or loneliness.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
The experience with Arena was a harsh lesson for Authentic, which never had owned a media property before.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026
It will also be difficult for companies reporting earnings to describe their experience based on just one month of disruption since the Iran conflict began, said U.S.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 5, 2026
May was speaking from experience: Turnarounds are his specialty.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
This market was so removed from their experience that it took them longer than usual to find help.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
