EXPERIENCED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does experienced mean? 

• EXPERIENCED (adjective)
  The adjective EXPERIENCED has 1 sense:

1. having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation

  Familiarity information: EXPERIENCED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXPERIENCED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation

Synonyms:

experienced; experient

Similar:

full-fledged; fully fledged ((of persons, e.g.) having gained full status)

intimate; knowledgeable; versed (thoroughly acquainted through study or experience)

old; older (skilled through long experience)

practiced; practised (skillful after much practice)

seasoned; veteran (rendered competent through trial and experience)

Also:

skilled (having or showing or requiring special skill)

tough; toughened (physically toughened)

Antonym:

inexperienced (lacking practical experience or training)

 Context examples 

"These microscopic haddock larvae were born in a hatchery and had never experienced life at sea, which suggests that magnetic orientation is in their DNA," said Paris, senior author of the study.

(North Atlantic haddock use magnetic compass to guide them, National Science Foundation)

About 20.2% of those who received fresh red cells experienced new or progressive organ dysfunction while 18.2% of those who received older red cells experienced similar dysfunction.

(Fresh red blood cell transfusions do not help critically ill children more than older cells, National Institutes of Health)

Of the 628 participants who completed the questionnaire, just under one in five (19%) experienced a cardiovascular disease event and a similar number (21%) died during follow up from causes including cancer and heart attack.

(Patients with an ‘empathic’ GP at reduced risk of early death, University of Cambridge)

Eastern France has experienced unusually heavy rainfall this month and NASA satellite data has helped determine where the largest rainfall occurred.

(France's Flooding Rains Examined by NASA’s IMERG, NASA)

A second injury experienced within one day of the first TBI led to additional inflammation and the wound healing phase of repair, during which blood vessels are fixed, did not occur.

(Scientists watch the brain’s lining heal after a head injury, National Institutes of Health)

Those who received omalizumab also experienced fewer adverse events from OIT during weeks 8 to 16 of the study.

(Omalizumab improves efficacy of oral immunotherapy for multiple food allergies, National Institutes of Health)

The researchers found that 31% of the women with at least one adverse outcome during their first pregnancy experienced chronic hypertension, while only 17% of those who did not experience complications developed this condition.

(First-time pregnancy complications linked to increased risk of hypertension later in life, National Institutes of Health)

As expected, most participants who received antibiotics experienced reduced levels of gut bacteria.

(Disrupting the gut microbiome may affect some immune responses to flu vaccination, National Institutes of Health)

After their tumors were removed, three of the nine kids no longer experienced symptoms of ADHD.

(Rare cancers may masquerade as ADHD in children, NIH)

Not only that, researchers saw the highest amygdala activity in those who experienced the cardiovascular events sooner than those with lower amygdala activity.

(Biological Link Found Between Stress, Heart Disease, VOA)