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experience: ɪkˈspɪəriəns/  a knowledge youg gain as you go through life

singular experience
plural experiences

    * the holiday/experience/chance etc of a lifetime

1,1 [uncountable] knowledge and skill that is gained through time spent doing a job or activity

      You don’t need any experience to work here.

      We would like to find someone with more experience.

      business/teaching experience

      limited/considerable/extensive experience
      have experience (in something):

      She has years of experience in the computer industry.
      experience with:

      Do you have any previous experience with children?
      experience as:

      We’re looking for someone with experience as a teacher.
      get/gain experience:

      You need to get more management experience.
experiences: something you feel

1. 2. the knowledge that you get from life and from being in a lot of different situations

2. [countable] something that happens to you, or a situation that you are involved in

our childhood experiences
have an experience:

A lot of the people we talked to had had the same experience.
experience of/with:

It was her first experience of dealing with people from another culture.
experience for:

The whole thing must have been an interesting experience for you.
a bad/strange/traumatic etc experience:

I had a bad experience in the last place I worked.
share your experiences of something (=tell people about them):

an opportunity for people to share their experiences of living with the disease