experienced
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2.1
- adjective
- /ɪkˈspɪrɪənst/
- Many people in the country knew Jia, for he was the most experienced photographer in the commune.
- an experienced teacher
- more experienced
- highly experienced
Examples
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The students were taught by two experienced middle school teachers who worked together regularly on curriculum.
Academic text (2011) -
No, we tell the younger, less experienced officers that, aye.
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And you are the most experienced guy I have here.
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I not only know how to use mine, I am very experienced at it.
Fiction book (1998) -
- You obviously need the experienced players to boost the younger players.
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I'm not really experienced in this.
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And thanks to her, man, I was already an experienced salesman when I talked to Owen.
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Mr. Biegler, you are an experienced attorney.
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He's an experienced air force pilot.
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She hired an experienced teacher to help her improve her math skills.
Synonyms
386
1.9
Able to do something well because of practice
380
3.0
Having the skills and experience needed for a job
192
3.5
Having special training and ability to do a job well
83
3.8
A person who is very skilled at an activity like music or sport
62
4.0
A person with a lot of experience and skill in a job
30
6.7
Knowing a lot about a subject because of study or practice
20
3.7
Someone who has a lot of skill because they did something many times
Able to do something well because you did it before
Antonyms
How Experienced
165
3.5
62
4.0
255
2.1
134
3.6
131
2.4
60
3.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
experienced = experience (transparent) = experience + ed
The adjective is a regular past-participle formation from the verb 'experience' meaning 'having experience', which is directly inferable.
Etymology
Experienced comes from the old Latin verb experiri, which meant 'to try' or 'to test', and it is the same root as experience and expert. So an experienced person is someone who has 'tried' things many times and learned practical skill from practice.