I.
noun
1 knowledge/skill obtained by seeing/doing sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ considerable , extensive , great , long , vast , wide
▪ limited , little
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companies with limited ~ in the field
▪ good , invaluable , valuable
▪
She didn't get paid much but it was all good ~.
▪ relevant
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Both candidates for the presidency were short of relevant ~.
▪ previous , prior
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Do you have any previous ~ of this type of work?
▪ direct , first-hand , hands-on , practical , real , real-world
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the importance of hands-on ~ as well as academic training
▪ professional , work
▪ clinical , teaching
▪ field ( esp. AmE )
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Students require field ~ rather than just observation.
▪ combat
VERB + EXPERIENCE
▪ have
▪ lack
▪ gain , get
▪ offer , provide
▪ bring
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The returning soldiers bring valuable ~ to the Army.
▪ broaden
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She wanted to broaden her ~ in international affairs.
▪ use
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
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She has considerable professional ~ of translation.
PHRASES
▪ a lack of ~ , a wealth of ~
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The new player will bring a wealth of ~ to the team.
2 the things that have happened to you
ADJECTIVE
▪ past
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We're in for a difficult couple of weeks, if past ~ is anything to go by.
▪ recent
▪ historical
▪ direct , first-hand , hands-on , lived , personal
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She has brought personal ~ to bear on her analyses of business history.
▪ vicarious
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I love reading: I have an insatiable appetite for vicarious ~.
▪ subjective
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Experience is subjective and very hard to measure.
▪ common , shared
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his peers, with whom he shares the common ~ of being black in a white society
▪ common
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It is a matter of common ~ that disorder will increase if things are left to themselves.
▪ daily , everyday
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Choose illustrative examples from the children's everyday ~.
▪ human
▪
There are few areas of human ~ that have not been written about.
▪ sensory
VERB + EXPERIENCE
▪ have
▪ share
▪ learn by , learn from
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We all learn from ~.
▪ be based on , draw on
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The book is based on personal ~.
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In her book, she draws on her first-hand ~ of mental illness.
▪ reflect
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These views reflect my own personal ~.
EXPERIENCE + VERB
▪ suggest sth , teach (sb) sth
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Experience has taught me that life can be very unfair.
▪ show sth
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Experience shows that this strategy does not always work.
PREPOSITION
▪ by ~ , from ~
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We know from ~ that hot objects are painful to touch.
▪ in sb's ~
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In my ~, very few people really understand the problem.
▪ ~ of
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He has direct ~ of poverty.
3 event/activity that affects you
ADJECTIVE
▪ enjoyable , exhilarating , good , great , interesting , memorable , pleasant , positive , rewarding , rich , unforgettable , valuable , wonderful
▪ bad , harrowing , negative , painful , traumatic , unnerving , unsettling
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I had a bad ~ with fireworks once.
▪ hair-raising , nerve-racking
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a hair-raising ~ of white-water rafting
▪ emotional
▪ humbling , salutary ( BrE ), sobering
▪ personal , subjective
▪ collective , common , shared
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The use of drama can motivate students by allowing them to share a common ~.
▪ common
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It is a common ~ to feel that an author writes well, without being able to say why.
▪ unique
▪ overall , whole
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He found the whole ~ traumatic.
▪ real-life
▪ past
▪ childhood , early , formative
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Early ~s shape the way we deal with crises in later life.
▪ educational , learning
▪ sensory
▪ listening , viewing
▪ user
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The goal is to enhance the user ~ on computing devices.
▪ mystical , religious , spiritual , visionary
▪ psychic
▪ sexual
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his first sexual ~
▪ cultural
▪ near-death
▪ out-of-body
VERB + EXPERIENCE
▪ enjoy , go through , have , undergo
▪
I think you will enjoy the ~ of taking part in the show.
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She has been through a very traumatic ~.
▪ come through , get over
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It could take him years to get over this ~.
▪ describe , discuss , recount , relate , report , talk about
▪ share
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Does anyone have any experiences—good or bad—that they would like to share with the group?
▪ relive
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Reliving past ~s can release powerful feelings that have been pent up too long.
▪ be based on
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The novel is based on his ~s in the war.
▪ create , offer
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We aim to create an ~ the consumer will remember.
▪ enhance
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The sound system greatly enhances the ~ of the movie.
PHRASES
▪ quite an ~
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It was quite an ~ being involved in running the festival.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ actually
▪ directly , first-hand , personally
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He hadn't directly ~d the fighting in the city.
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people who have actually ~d these problems first-hand
▪ vicariously
▪
It was wonderful to go to the movies and vicariously ~ the struggles of others.
▪ subjectively
▪ fully
Experience is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ economy , ↑ immigrant , ↑ industry , ↑ participant
Experience is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ abuse , ↑ alienation , ↑ anguish , ↑ anxiety , ↑ attack , ↑ benefit , ↑ block , ↑ boom , ↑ conversion , ↑ crisis , ↑ death , ↑ decline , ↑ decrease , ↑ defeat , ↑ delay , ↑ depression , ↑ deprivation , ↑ deterioration , ↑ diarrhoea , ↑ difficulty , ↑ dip , ↑ disability , ↑ disadvantage , ↑ disappointment , ↑ disaster , ↑ discomfort , ↑ discrimination , ↑ disruption , ↑ distress , ↑ disturbance , ↑ divorce , ↑ downturn , ↑ drop , ↑ earthquake , ↑ effect , ↑ elation , ↑ emotion , ↑ episode , ↑ erosion , ↑ expansion , ↑ failure , ↑ fatigue , ↑ fear , ↑ feeling , ↑ flash , ↑ flavour , ↑ fluctuation , ↑ frustration , ↑ grief , ↑ growth , ↑ guilt , ↑ hallucination , ↑ hardship , ↑ headache , ↑ high , ↑ horror , ↑ illness , ↑ improvement , ↑ incident , ↑ increase , ↑ influx , ↑ injury , ↑ injustice , ↑ intimacy , ↑ irritation , ↑ isolation , ↑ joy , ↑ loneliness , ↑ love , ↑ magic , ↑ menopause , ↑ migraine , ↑ nausea , ↑ pain , ↑ pang , ↑ period , ↑ persecution , ↑ pleasure , ↑ pressure , ↑ problem , ↑ racism , ↑ reaction , ↑ recession , ↑ recurrence , ↑ reduction , ↑ relapse , ↑ relief , ↑ revival , ↑ rush , ↑ sensation , ↑ sense , ↑ setback , ↑ shift , ↑ shortage , ↑ sickness , ↑ side effect , ↑ spasm , ↑ stress , ↑ strife , ↑ success , ↑ suffering , ↑ surge , ↑ symptom , ↑ thrill , ↑ tragedy , ↑ trauma , ↑ turmoil , ↑ twinge , ↑ upheaval , ↑ urge , ↑ vision , ↑ wonder