experience
What time teaches
As a noun, experience has two related meanings.
One is the internal residue of events in your life: Her experience as a lawyer makes her question people’s motives.
The other is an event in which you take part and which has an effect on you: I once had a harrowing experience on the New York subway.
The verb experience simply means to have an encounter of some kind: People who have never experienced hunger cannot imagine its long-term effects on the mind.
Systematic development of mind
- knowledgeUnderstood facts and skills
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- comprehensionMental understanding of meaning
- familiarityKnowledge through experience
acquaintance · exposure · discovery · trial-and-error · firsthand · lived · vicarious · immersive
Perceiving through physical contact
- tasteFlavor perception ability
- smellOlfactory perception
- hearingPerceiving sound waves
- sightVisual perception faculty
pain · pleasure · warmth · cold · texture · tingle · pressure · vibration
Skilled performance level
- competenceAdequate ability to function
- masteryComplete skill or control
- know-howPractical ability to accomplish
- skillAcquired ability through practice
training · qualification · specialization · technique · craftsmanship · seasoning · veteran · background
Deep perceptive understanding
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
- discernmentKeen perception and judgment
sagacity · maturity · worldliness · perspective · hindsight · lessons · reflection · growth
Live musical performance
- festivalOrganized public celebration
- weddingMarriage rite and feast
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- conferenceOrganized meeting for discussion
gala · exhibition · premiere · carnival · parade · banquet · symposium · reception
State of sentient awareness
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
- illuminationProvision of light
- self-awarenessInsight into one's psyche
realization · introspection · presence · attentiveness · enlightenment · epiphany · revelation · recognition
education
Systematic development of mind
- knowledgeUnderstood facts and skills
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- comprehensionMental understanding of meaning
familiarity · acquaintance · exposure · discovery · trial-and-error · firsthand · lived · vicarious · immersive · hands-on
touch
Perceiving through physical contact
sight · pain · pleasure · warmth · cold · texture · tingle · pressure · vibration · nausea
proficiency
Skilled performance level
- competenceAdequate ability to function
- masteryComplete skill or control
- know-howPractical ability to accomplish
skill · training · qualification · specialization · technique · craftsmanship · seasoning · veteran · background · credentials
insight
Deep perceptive understanding
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
discernment · sagacity · maturity · worldliness · perspective · hindsight · lessons · reflection · growth · prudence
concert
Live musical performance
- festivalOrganized public celebration
- weddingMarriage rite and feast
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
conference · gala · exhibition · premiere · carnival · parade · banquet · symposium · reception · summit
consciousness
State of sentient awareness
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
- illuminationProvision of light
self-awareness · realization · introspection · presence · attentiveness · enlightenment · epiphany · revelation · recognition · clarity
- eventsevent, events, party, parties, wedding
- careersdoctor, lawyer, teacher, engineer, nurse
- emploiemploye, interim, CV, candidature, travail
- realityreality, actuality, existence, being, truth
- career builderseducation, skills, credentials, hard work, persistence
- coming-of-agecoming-of-age, bildungsroman, growing up, maturation, youth
experienceinexperience
Lack of prior exposure
ignorance · naivety · unfamiliarity · rawness · greenness
- lived experienceKnowledge from personal participation
- work experienceRecord of past jobs
- life experienceAccumulated personal history
- learning experienceEvent yielding new understanding
- immersive experiencesActivities that fully engage
- shared experienceEvent undergone by multiple people
experienced, experiences, inexperienced, inexperience, experiencing, experiential, unexperienced, reexperience, experientially