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experience

[ik-speer-ee-uhns] / ɪkˈspɪər i əns /




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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Ramsey's story is one of youthful innocence shaped by harsh experience; beauty forged in pain.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

It wants steep increases to the automatic raises teachers already receive based on years of experience and additional education credits.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

“As we experience rising operating costs, we regularly evaluate how to manage those costs while keeping base fares competitive and continuing to invest in the experience our customers value,” a JetBlue spokesperson said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

Yet it would stand to reason, for example, that McDonald’s, which has thousands of restaurants directly in countries under fire and thousands more in places starting to experience fuel shortages, would be affected.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

“Then it looks like this is a new experience for everyone.”

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer