experience
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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No one suggests Mr. Pulte has any experience in intelligence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Jantos says this equates to more than two hours per day "spent not in the company of another human, but most likely going deep in some sort of experience engaged in your phone".
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
They chose a company that apparently had no experience doing this job.
From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026
The amount of times I’ve used the word “meta” while talking about the experience of making this show, that sort of mirrored life in a way.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
Mama Woof seemed dazed by the experience, but thanks to the nourishing borscht and some tasty sandwich meats offered by the children, she was soon quite herself again.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing experience
"Seventh Grade" by Gary Soto
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