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experience
A	noun
	1	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"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚content; cognitive content; mental object ╚education ╚experience ╚woodcraft ╚familiarization; familiarisation
	2	experience
			the content of direct observation or participation in an event; "he had a religious experience"; "he recalled the experience vividly"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚content; cognitive content; mental object ╚experience ╚reminder ╚reliving; re-experiencing ╚life; living ╚world; reality
	3	experience
			an event as apprehended; "a surprising experience"; "that painful experience certainly got our attention"
		Category Tree: event ╚happening; occurrence; natural event ╚experience ╚out-of-body experience ╚ordeal ╚near-death experience ╚loss ╚good time; blast ╚flash; flashing ╚augury; sign; foretoken; preindication ╚appalling
B	verb
	1	have, experience
			undergo; "The stocks had a fast run-up"
		Category Tree: change ╚have, experience ╚meet; encounter; receive
	2	know, experience, live
			have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations; "I know the feeling!"; "have you ever known hunger?"; "I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict"; "The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare"; "I lived through two d
		Category Tree: act; move ╚participate; take part ╚experience; undergo; see; go through ╚know, experience, live ╚relive; live over ╚taste
	3	feel, experience
			undergo an emotional sensation; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret"

	4	experience, receive, have, get, undergo
			of mental or physical states or experiences; "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "undergo a strange sensation"; "The chemical undergoes a sudden change"; "The fluid undergoes shear"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling"

	5	experience, undergo, see, go through
			go or live through; "We had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in Viet Nam"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚participate; take part ╚experience, undergo, see, go through ╚come ╚witness; find; see ╚enjoy ╚feel ╚suffer; meet ╚suffer; endure ╚know; experience; live

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