from experience

  • 1derived from experience — index empirical Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2experience — ex‧pe‧ri‧ence [ɪkˈspɪəriəns ǁ ˈspɪr ] noun [uncountable] 1. knowledge or skill gained from doing a particular job: • He is a high up executive who has years of experience in advising investors • Applicants will normally have at least two years… …

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  • 3Experience Corps — is a nonprofit organization that engages adults 55 and older as literacy tutors for struggling students in public schools. Currently, Experience Corps has 2,000 members working in schools in 19 cities around the country. A project of Civic… …

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  • 4Experience — Ex*pe ri*ence ([e^]ks*p[=e] r[i^]*ens), n. [F. exp[ e]rience, L. experientia, tr. experiens, experientis, p. pr. of experiri, expertus, to try; ex out + the root of peritus experienced. See {Peril}, and cf. {Expert}.] 1. Trial, as a test or… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 5learnt from experience — gained knowledge or understanding through personal experience …

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  • 6experience — ex|pe|ri|ence1 W1S1 [ıkˈspıəriəns US ˈspır ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(knowledge/skill)¦ 2¦(knowledge of life)¦ 3¦(something that happens)¦ 4 the black/female/Russian etc experience 5 work experience ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: Latin… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 7experience — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 knowledge/skill obtained by seeing/doing sth ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, extensive, great, long, vast, wide ▪ limited, little …

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  • 8experience — n. practice participation 1) to acquire, gain, gather, get experience from 2) broad, wide; direct, firsthand; hands on; practical; previous experience 3) a learning experience 4) experience to + inf. (they don t have enough experience to do the… …

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  • 9experience — /əkˈspɪəriəns / (say uhk spearreeuhns), /ɛk / (say ek ) noun 1. a particular instance of personally encountering or undergoing something: a strange experience. 2. the process or fact of personally observing, encountering, or undergoing something …

  • 10experience — [[t]ɪkspɪ͟əriəns[/t]] ♦ experiences, experiencing, experienced 1) N UNCOUNT: usu with supp Experience is knowledge or skill in a particular job or activity, which you have gained because you have done that job or activity for a long time. He has… …

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