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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“The fact the officers’ actions were taken against a possibly suicidal person who was experiencing a mental break and suffered physical limitations does little to assuage the emotional response to such a tragedy.”
From Los Angeles Times
Publisher Take Two says it's confident the new date will hold, but it remains to be seen whether developer Rockstar's recent sacking of 31 staff - which included experienced team members - will affect the game.
From BBC
"Gold and silver prices are experiencing a notable rise due to the interplay of several economic, investment, and geopolitical factors," said Rania Gule from trading platform XS.com.
From BBC
They conclude that large increases harmed employment prospects for people with limited skills and work history—the same group who have experienced the most erosion in purchasing power since the pandemic.
Tokyo is learning from Ukraine’s experience under combined drone and missile attack, and the proposal includes more than $641 million to strengthen Japan’s multilayered coastal defense system.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
