experienced

[ ik-speer-ee-uhnst ]
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adjective
  1. wise or skillful in a particular field through experience: an experienced teacher.

  2. having learned through experience; taught by experience: experienced through adversity.

  1. endured; undergone; suffered through: experienced misfortunes.

Origin of experienced

1
First recorded in 1560–70; experience + -ed2

Other words for experienced

Other words from experienced

  • non·ex·pe·ri·enced, adjective
  • qua·si-ex·pe·ri·enced, adjective
  • un·ex·pe·ri·enced, adjective
  • well-ex·pe·ri·enced, adjective

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How to use experienced in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for experienced

experienced

/ (ɪkˈspɪərɪənst) /


adjective
  1. having become skilful or knowledgeable from extensive contact or participation or observation

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