The noun experience has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (52) experience -- (the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities; "a man of experience"; "experience is the best teacher")
2. (48) experience -- (the content of direct observation or participation in an event; "he had a religious experience"; "he recalled the experience vividly")
3. (28) experience -- (an event as apprehended; "a surprising experience"; "that painful experience certainly got our attention")
Overview of verb experience
The verb experience has 5 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (22) experience, undergo, see, go through -- (go or live through; "We had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in Viet Nam")
2. (10) know, experience, live -- (have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations; "I know the feeling!"; "have you ever known hunger?"; "I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict"; "The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare"; "I lived through two divorces")
3. (8) experience, receive, have, get, undergo -- (go through (mental or physical states or experiences); "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "undergo a strange sensation"; "The chemical undergoes a sudden change"; "The fluid undergoes shear"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling")