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experienced

Sayik-SPEER-ee-uhnst/ɪkˈspɪɹ.i.ənst/UK/ɪkˈspɪə.ɹɪənst/

3 meanings of experienced

Practice

  1. 1
    skilledadjective
    Having gained skill and knowledge in a subject through long practice or involvement.

    The firm hired an experienced negotiator to handle the merger.

    Experienced hikers always check the forecast before setting out.

    UsageOften experienced in a field or experienced with people or tools: experienced in sales, experienced with children.

    Similarskilled, seasoned, veteran, practiced, expert

    Oppositeinexperienced, untrained, unskilled

    Note

    The adjective is built from experience plus -ed and shares its spelling with the past tense of the verb, so context tells them apart. Before a noun naming a person or trade, as in the experienced policemen of Margery Allingham's The China Governess, it means seasoned.

  2. 2
    lived throughverb
    Simple past and past participle of experience.

    The region experienced rapid growth over the past decade.

    He has experienced similar problems before and knows what to expect.

Less common meaning

  1. 3
    adjective
    Met with or undergone in actual experience, as opposed to measured, predicted or imagined.

experienced is a form of experience

experience, verb: To observe events, undergo a feeling or process, or perform actions that may change a person or add to their knowledge, opinions, or skills. Full entry

Forms
experienceexperiences he/she/itexperiencing -ing formexperienced past tense, past participle
Spelling
experience → experienced: add -d
Sound
The ending sounds like /t/.

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Origin

Formed from "experience" combined with the suffix "-ed".

Checked 6 Nov 2026 · 1 fact