How to Spell experience
experience
experience - noun
- Direct observation of or participation in events as a basis of knowledge
- The fact or state of having been affected by or gained knowledge through direct observation or participation
- Practical knowledge, skill, or practice derived from direct observation of or participation in events or in a particular activity
- The length of such participation
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API
"has 10 years' experience in the job"
Etymology
Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin experientia "testing of possibilities, participation in events, skill gained by practice," noun derivative of experient-, experiens, present participle of experīrī "to put to the test, attempt, have experience of, undergo," from ex- ex-:1 + -perīrī, from a presumed verbal base *per- "test, risk," perhaps going back to Indo-European *pr̥h-i-