# experienced

Pronunciation: say "ik-SPEER-ee-uhnst" US /ɪkˈspɪɹ.i.ənst/, UK /ɪkˈspɪə.ɹɪənst/

## Adjective

1. Having gained skill and knowledge in a subject through long practice or involvement.
   - Simple: Having a lot of skill and knowledge because you have done something many times.
   - _The firm hired an experienced negotiator to handle the merger._
   - _Experienced hikers always check the forecast before setting out._

## Verb

2. Simple past and past participle of experience. — simple past and past participle of experience
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of experience. Use this form when talking about something felt or lived through earlier.
   - _The region experienced rapid growth over the past decade._
   - _He has experienced similar problems before and knows what to expect._

## Other meanings

- (adjective) Met with or undergone in actual experience, as opposed to measured, predicted or imagined.

## Origin

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

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/experienced (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).