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Experienced I Experience Problems Verb Bre ɪkˈspɪəriəns ɪkˈspɪriəns
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- the country experienced a foreign currency shortage for several months.
- everyone experiences these problems at some time in their lives.
- to experience pain/pleasure/unhappiness
- i experienced a moment of panic as i boarded the plane.
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experience(verb)BrE / ɪkˈspɪəriəns / NAmE / ɪkˈspɪriəns / - to have a particular situation affect you or happen to you
- The country experienced a foreign currency shortage for several months.
- Everyone experiences these problems at some time in their lives.
- to have and be aware of a particular emotion or physical feeling
- to experience pain/pleasure/unhappiness
- I experienced a moment of panic as I boarded the plane.
Extra Examples- He hadn’t directly experienced the fighting in the city.
- people who have actually experienced these problems first-hand
- I have never experienced such pain before.
Verb Forms- present simple I / you / we / they experience
- he / she / it experiences
- past simple experienced
- past participle experienced
- -ing form experiencing
Word Origin- late Middle English: via Old French from Latin experientia, from experiri ‘try’. Compare with experiment and expert.
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