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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"

experience

n. the content of direct observation or participation in an event; "he had a religious experience"; "he recalled the experience vividly"

experience

n. an event as apprehended; "a surprising experience"; "that painful experience certainly got our attention"

have

v. undergo; "The stocks had a fast run-up"

feel

v. undergo an emotional sensation; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret"

know, live

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"

undergo, go through, live through

v. go or live through; "We had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in Viet Nam"

have, get, receive, undergo

v. go through (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"

comprehension

n. an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result); "how you can do that is beyond my comprehension"; "he was famous for his comprehension of American literature"

apprehension, discernment, understanding, savvy

n. the cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"

background knowledge, background information, backgrounder, background story

n. information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem; "the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident"

practice, practise

n. knowledge of how something is usually done; "it is not the local practice to wear shorts to dinner"

history

n. all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge; "the dawn of recorded history"; "from the beginning of history"

cognition, knowledge

n. the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

knowingness, awareness, cognizance

n. having knowledge of; "he had no awareness of his mistakes"; "his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced"; "their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive"

cognizance, ken

n. range of what one can know or understand; "beyond my ken"

cognizance

n. range or scope of what is perceived

consciousness

n. an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation; "he lost consciousness"

learning, eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, scholarship

n. profound scholarly knowledge

intelligence

n. the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience

acquisition, learning

n. the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge; "the child's acquisition of language"

realization, realisation, recognition

n. coming to understand something clearly and distinctly; "a growing realization of the risk involved"; "a sudden recognition of the problem he faced"; "increasing recognition that diabetes frequently coexists with other chronic diseases"

event

n. something that happens at a given place and time

affair, occasion, social occasion

n. a vaguely specified social event; "the party was quite an affair"; "an occasion arranged to honor the president"; "a seemingly endless round of social functions"

understand, sympathize, empathize

v. be understanding of; "You don't need to explain--I understand!"

encounter, meet, receive

v. experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition"

try, taste, sample, try out

v. take a sample of; "Try these new crackers"; "Sample the regional dishes"

see

v. perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight; "You have to be a good observer to see all the details"; "Can you see the bird in that tree?"; "He is blind--he cannot see"

pity, sympathize with, compassionate, condole with, feel for

v. share the suffering of

inexperience

n. lack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experience; "procedural inexperience created difficulties"; "their poor behavior was due to the rawness of the troops"

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