noun / verb · neutral
experience
UK/ɪkˈspɪəriəns/US/ɪkˈspɪriəns/ex·PEER·ience
Band 4-5speakingtask2
knowledge or skill gained through doing something; (v) to go through or feel something
Examples
“She has five years' experience in sales.”
“Working abroad was a great experience for me.”
“You must have previous experience to apply.”
Band 8 sentence
“Her extensive experience in project management enabled her to coordinate multinational teams effectively.”
Collocations
- work experience
- previous experience
- gain experience
Word family
experience nexperience vexperienced adj
Common mistakes
I have many experience.→I have a lot of experience.
I experienced five years in this job.→I have five years' experience in this job.
Say it for a higher band
5time working→6work experience→7+experience
Synonyms
background
practice
Easily confused
experiment
“The students conducted an experiment to test the new theory.”
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