experience

Experience is defined as something that happens to someone.

(noun)

An example of experience is the first day of high school.

The definition of experience is to have something happen.

(verb)

An example of experience is to have a first kiss.

See experience in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the act of living through an event or events; personal involvement in or observation of events as they occur
anything observed or lived through: an experience he'll never forget
1. all that has happened in one's life to date: not within his experience
2. everything done or undergone by a group, people in general, etc.
the effect on a person of anything or everything that has happened to that person; individual reaction to events, feelings, etc.
1. activity that includes training, observation of practice, and personal participation
2. the period of such activity
3. knowledge, skill, or practice resulting from this

Origin: ME < OFr < L experientia, trial, proof, experiment < experiens, prp. of experiri, to try, test: see peril

to have experience of; personally encounter or feel; meet with; undergo

See experience in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The apprehension of an object, thought, or emotion through the senses or mind: a child's first experience of snow.
a. Active participation in events or activities, leading to the accumulation of knowledge or skill: a lesson taught by experience; a carpenter with experience in roof repair.
b. The knowledge or skill so derived.
a. An event or a series of events participated in or lived through.
b. The totality of such events in the past of an individual or group.