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# experience

noun (experience, experiences; uncountable for knowledge); verb (experience, experiences, experienced, experiencing)

«experience» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Experience is knowledge or skill you get by doing or seeing things over time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/experience/#m1)
2. An experience is something that happens to you, especially something that leaves a strong feeling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/experience/#m2)
3. To experience something is to have it happen to you or to feel it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/experience/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science, we learn from experience and experiments; in writing lessons, children write about a personal experience. In everyday life, job adverts ask for experience. Phrases: «from experience», «a good experience», «an amazing experience», «learn by experience», «life experience».

### Examples

- I know from experience that the bus is often late. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/experience/#x1)
- Visiting the zoo was a great experience. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/experience/#x2)
- She has a lot of experience with dogs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/experience/#x3)
- Write about an experience that made you proud. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/experience/#x4)
- Many animals experience fear during storms. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/experience/#x5)
- Camping in the rain was a new experience for us. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/experience/#x6)
- He gained experience by helping at the shop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/experience/#x7)
- He had had experience with such birds before. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/experience/#x8)

### Note

Uncountable when it means knowledge («a lot of experience», «no experience»), countable when it means an event («two strange experiences»). Adjective: «experienced» (skilled). Not to be confused with «experiment» (a scientific test). Not a number word.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Commentators read Solomon's words as the wisdom of a king who tested all things, yet still found that wisdom alone is not enough. In the primary lessons: In science, we learn from experience and experiments; in writing lessons, children write about a personal experience. In everyday life, job adverts ask for experience. Phrases: «from experience», «a good experience», «an amazing experience», «learn by experience», «life experience».

### Examples

- I spoke with my own heart, saying: 'Lo, I have gotten great wisdom, more also than all that were before me over Jerusalem'; yea, my heart hath had great experience of wisdom and knowledge. (Writings ECC.1.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/experience/#x1)

### Note

Uncountable when it means knowledge («a lot of experience», «no experience»), countable when it means an event («two strange experiences»). Adjective: «experienced» (skilled). Not to be confused with «experiment» (a scientific test). Not a number word.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «experience» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/experience/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«experience» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/experience.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «experience» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/experience/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«experience» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/experience.html) on Mova free.