Definitions
Knowledge or skill gained by doing; also an event lived through.
Word origin
From Middle English experience, from Old French, from Latin experientia (“a trial, proof, experiment, experimental knowledge, experience”), from experiens, present participle of experiri (“to try, put to the test, undertake, undergo”), from ex (“out”) + peritus (“experienced, expert”), past participle of *periri (“to go through”); see expert and peril. Displaced native Old English āfandung (“experience”) and āfandian (“to experience”).
Used in a sentence
“It was an experience he would not soon forget.”
“March 20, 1684-5, John Sharp, Sermon preached at Whitehall Those that undertook the religion of our Savior upon his preaching, had no experience of it.”
““I have tried, as I hinted, to enlist the co-operation of other capitalists, but experience has taught me that any appeal is futile that does not impinge directly upon cupidity. […]””
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Practical knowledge”10 letters
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