EXPERIENCEとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ɪkˈspɪə.ɹɪəns/
• (General American) IPA: /ɪkˈspɪɹ.i.əns/
• ハイフネーション: ex‧pe‧ri‧ence

名詞

experience (countable and uncountable, plural experiences)

1. The effect upon the judgment or feelings produced by any event, whether witnessed or participated in; personal and direct impressions as contrasted with description or fancies; personal acquaintance; actual enjoyment or suffering.

   It was an experience he would not soon forget.

   • March 20, 1684-5, John Sharp, Sermon preached at Whitehall

     Those that undertook the religion of our Savior upon his preaching, had no experience of it.

   • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad‎:

     “I have tried, as I hinted, to enlist the co-operation of other capitalists, but experience has taught me that any appeal is futile that does not impinge directly upon cupidity. […] ”

   • 1957 July, M. D. Greville, “A Diamond Jubilee of Railway Memories”, in Railway Magazine, page 459:

     Lastly, I must mention the "Underground," to travel on which was, in those days, an experience to be remembered. There were the antique looking engines, and the rather grim carriages, with the fascinating indicators in the compartments to show (not always correctly!) the next station, and above all, there was the atmosphere.

2. (countable) An activity one has performed.
3. (usually uncountable) A collection of events and/or activities from which an individual or group may gather knowledge, opinions, and skills.

   Virtually all employers now require jobseekers to have work experience even for entry-level roles. Many believe this will hurt companies in the long run.

   • 1659, T[itus] Livius [i.e., Livy], “(please specify the book number)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Romane Historie […], London: […] W. Hunt, for George Sawbridge, […], →OCLC:

     they knew soone by experience how slenderly guarded against danger, the majestie of Rulers is

   • 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], chapter 2, in An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC, book I, page 1:

     Whence has it all the materials of reason and knowledge? To this I answer in one word, from experience.

   • 2024, NTSB, Intersection Crash Between Passenger Car and Combination Vehicle, Tishomingo, Oklahoma, March 22, 2022:

     We determined that the car driver’s transportation of multiple teen passengers, limited driving experience, and likely impairment from effects of cannabis at the time of the crash adversely affected her judgment of the danger of entering the intersection in front of the approaching combination vehicle.

4. (uncountable) The knowledge thus gathered.
   • 2013 June 7, Ed Pilkington, “‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 6:

     In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.

5. (roleplaying games) Synonym of experience points
   • 2003 December, “Fire Emblem”, in Nintendo Power, volume 174, Show Some Class, page 33:

     As your troops conquer the enemy, they'll earn experience and gain levels. Each time they level up, their stats will increase.

6. (obsolete, uncountable) Trial; a test or experiment.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 7:

     She caused him to make experience / Vpon wyld beasts, which she in woods did find, / With wrongfull powre oppressing others of their kind

使用する際の注意点

反意語

• inexperience

下位語

• (activity one has performed): user experience

派生語

動詞

experience (third-person singular simple present experiences, present participle experiencing, simple past and past participle experienced)

1. (transitive) To observe certain events; undergo a certain feeling or process; or perform certain actions that may alter one or contribute to one's knowledge, opinions, or skills.
   • 2025 April 30, Andy Comfort, “£10 million closer to Carlisle”, in RAIL, number 1034, page 41:

     A 2022 report published by the Scottish Borders Council states: "Hawick has been affected more by depopulation than any other Borders town, with all parts of the town experiencing population loss, and Hawick Central is currently experiencing the highest depopulation out of the 30 Intermediate Zones in Scottish Borders."

同意語

• undergo, have

派生語

• experienceable
• nonexperiencing
• re-experience. reexperience

参照

• “experience”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• experience in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• "experience" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 126.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “experience”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “experience”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Further reading

• experience on Wikipedia.Wikipedia