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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.


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Hardt reminds Klugo to go to parties and enjoy his high school experience, but it’s the furthest thing from Klugo’s mind.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Mexico was the only other region to experience a drop, down 1.9%.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

But that isn’t stopping him from pursuing the classic college experience there.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

While I’ve taken traditional glassblowing classes before, this experience felt entirely different.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 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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