experienced
- 1Having a lot of skill and knowledge because you have done something many times.
Like a cook who has made the same meal so many times that they no longer need the recipe.
She is an experienced nurse who has cared for patients for ten years.
We need an experienced driver for the long mountain road.
UsageSay experienced in a kind of work, or with people or tools: experienced with children.
Similarskilled, seasoned, veteran, practiced, expert
Oppositeinexperienced, untrained, unskilled
Note
- 2Simple past and past participle of experience. Use this form when talking about something felt or lived through earlier.
She experienced a sharp pain in her knee during the run.
They experienced heavy rain on their trip last week.
Less common meaning
- 3Felt or lived through in real life, as a person actually meets it.
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experienced is a form of experience
experience, verb: To go through something, like an event or a feeling, that may change you or teach you. 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
From the word "experience" plus the ending "-ed".
Checked 6 Nov 2026 · 1 fact
- “Experienced” is formed from “experience” plus the suffix “-ed”. en.wiktionary.org