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  • 11experience — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin experientia act of trying, from experient , experiens, present participle of experiri to try, from ex + periri (akin to periculum attempt) more at fear Date: 14th century 1. a.… …

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  • 12experience — /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 …

  • 13experience — ex•pe•ri•ence [[t]ɪkˈspɪər i əns[/t]] n. v. enced, enc•ing 1) something personally lived through or encountered: a frightening experience[/ex] 2) the observing, encountering, or undergoing of things generally as they occur in the course of time:… …

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  • 14experience — n. & v. n. 1 actual observation of or practical acquaintance with facts or events. 2 knowledge or skill resulting from this. 3 a an event regarded as affecting one (an unpleasant experience). b the fact or process of being so affected (learnt by… …

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  • 15have\ been\ around — v. phr. informal Have been to many places and done many things; know people; have experience and be able to take care of yourself. Uncle Willie is an old sailor and has really been around. Betty likes to go out with Jerry, because he has been… …

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  • 16Experience curve effects — Experience curve re directs here. For its use in video games see Experience point. The learning curve effect and the closely related experience curve effect express the relationship between experience and efficiency. As individuals and/or… …

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  • 17Experience 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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  • 18Experience modifier — or experience modification is a term used in the American insurance business and more specifically in workers compensation insurance. It is the adjustment of manual premium based on previous loss experience. Usually three years of loss experience …

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  • 19Experience — Ex*pe ri*ence, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Experienced} ([e^]ks*p[=e] r[i^]*enst); p. pr. & vb. n. {Experiencing} ([e^]ks*p[=e] r[i^]*en*s[i^]ng).] 1. To make practical acquaintance with; to try personally; to prove by use or trial; to have trial of; to …

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  • 20Experience — 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… …

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