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experience - an event as apprehended; "a surprising experience"; "that painful experience certainly got our attention" |
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happening,
natural event,
occurrence,
occurrent an event that happens
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high point the most enjoyable part of a given experience; "the trumpet solo was the high point of the concert"
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appalling an experience that appalls; "is it better to view the appalling or merely hear of it?"
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augury,
foretoken,
preindication,
sign an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come; "he hoped it was an augury"; "it was a sign from God"
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flash,
flashing a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph
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blast,
good time a very long fly ball
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loss the act of losing someone or something; "everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock"
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near-death experience the experience of being close to death but surviving
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ordeal a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence
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out-of-body experience the dissociative experience of observing yourself from an external perspective as though your mind or soul had left and was observing your body
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taste a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds; "a wine tasting"
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time the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
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head trip,
trip an unintentional but embarrassing blunder; "he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep"
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vision the perceptual experience of seeing; "the runners emerged from the trees into his clear vision"; "he had a visual sensation of intense light"
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experience - the content of direct observation or participation in an event; "he had a religious experience"; "he recalled the experience vividly" |
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cognitive content,
content,
mental object the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
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reality,
world the quality possessed by something that is real
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life,
living living things collectively; "the oceans are teeming with life"
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re-experiencing,
reliving a recurrence of a prior experience; "the reliving of a strong emotion can be therapeutic"
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reminder an experience that causes you to remember something
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experience - the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities; "a man of experience"; "experience is the best teacher" |
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inexperience,
rawness lack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experience; "procedural inexperience created difficulties"; "their poor behavior was due to the rawness of the troops"
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education the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university)
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familiarisation,
familiarization the experience of becoming familiar with something
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woodcraft skill in carving or fashioning objects from wood
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experience - go or live through; "We had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in Viet Nam" |
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undergo pass through; "The chemical undergoes a sudden change"; "The fluid undergoes shear"; "undergo a strange sensation"
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experience,
know,
live go through (mental or physical states or experiences); "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling"
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endure,
suffer feel pain or be in pain
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meet,
suffer contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary"
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feel be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state; "My cold is gone--I feel fine today"; "She felt tired after the long hike"; "She felt sad after her loss"
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enjoy have benefit from; "enjoy privileges"
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find,
see,
witness come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds; "I feel that he doesn't like me"; "I find him to be obnoxious"; "I found the movie rather entertaining"
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come come to pass; arrive, as in due course; "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June"
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experience - go through (mental or physical states or experiences); "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling" |
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receive,
have,
get |
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comprehend,
perceive become conscious of; "She finally perceived the futility of her protest"
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undergo pass through; "The chemical undergoes a sudden change"; "The fluid undergoes shear"; "undergo a strange sensation"
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get,
have,
suffer,
sustain cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition; "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble"
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take ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial; "take a pulse"; "A reading was taken of the earth's tremors"
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horripilate cause (someone's) hair to stand on end and to have goosebumps; "Hitchcock movies horripilate me"
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