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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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But maybe that’s partly because it’s harder now to experience these ideas with the same innocence they carried in 1977 or 1982.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Those 19 years are a long time because as you age you may experience health setbacks and reduced mobility, among other issues.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

U.S. spot bitcoin exchange traded funds continue to experience net outflows, although redemption volumes have slowed considerably from last week’s extreme levels, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Haiti have got Premier League experience from Wolves midfielder Jean-Ricner Bellegarde and Sunderland striker Wilson Isidor, and they will not be sitting back and defending deep.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

She and many of her neighbors grew convinced that they were in the presence of Something or Someone beyond their normal experience.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock




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