Experience refers to conscious events in general, more specifically to perceptions, or to the practical knowledge and familiarity that is produced by these processes. Understood as a conscious event in the widest sense, experience involves a subject to which various items are presented.
Active participation in events or activities, leading to the accumulation of knowledge or skill: a lesson taught by experience; a carpenter with experience in roof repair.
Experience, undergo refer to encountering situations, conditions, etc., in life, or to having certain sensations or feelings. Experience implies being affected by what one meets with: to experience a change of heart, bitter disappointment.
There are 13 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun experience, five of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
experience definition: knowledge or skill from doing, seeing, or feeling things. Check meanings, examples, usage tips, pronunciation, domains, and related words.
Virtually all employers now require jobseekers to have work experience even for entry-level roles. Many believe this will hurt companies in the long run.
