experience

1. (countable) An activity one has performed.countable

2. (usually uncountable) A collection of events and/or activities from which an individual or group may gather knowledge, opinions, and skills.Examples: "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."; "they knew soone by experience how slenderly guarded against danger, the majestie of Rulers is"; "Whence has it all the materials of reason and knowledge? To this I answer in one word, from experience."uncountableusually

3. (uncountable) The knowledge thus gathered.Examples: "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."uncountable

4. (roleplaying games) Synonym of experience pointsExamples: "As your troops conquer the enemy, they'll earn experience and gain levels. Each time they level up, their stats will increase."Synonyms: experience pointscountableuncountable

5. (obsolete, uncountable) Trial; a test or experiment.Examples: "She caused him to make experience / Vpon wyld beasts, which she in woods did find, / With wrongfull powre oppressing others of their kind"obsoleteuncountable