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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
experienced
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an experienced driver (=who has a lot of experience of driving)
▪ Young drivers are ten times more likely to be killed on the road than experienced drivers.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
also
▪ Researchers found that thin people also experienced food cravings, but not nearly as much as those who were overweight.
▪ He also experienced panic attacks from time to time.
▪ Richard Baxter also experienced opposition from some of the people of Kidderminster.
highly
▪ Our surgeons are highly experienced and all are Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons.
▪ The match commentator will be the highly experienced and versatile David Fordham.
▪ It does not replace your comprehensive consultation with a caring and highly experienced surgeon.
▪ We have, in our company, many highly experienced people who have spent a lifetime in our industry.
less
▪ Awareness that others often younger and less experienced will be in a position of authority at work.
▪ Some care needs to be carried out by two nurses, and the less experienced will learn from the other.
▪ The pressure of commercial competition for analytical business has led to the use of cheaper, less experienced staff.
more
▪ Other more experienced skiers are earmarking March or April as the best candidates for reliable cover.
▪ The more experienced may try Villa-Flotilla in Yalikavak, where high wind courses give the confidence needed to cope with choppy seas.
▪ The teacher may be a more experienced student, one of the ward's trained staff or the clinical teacher.
▪ The protection of Weymouth harbour provides ideal conditions for the learner and the more experienced.
▪ Although the conditions up the slope were ideal for the more experienced, they were too strong for novice pilots.
▪ Liverpool's inexperience meant they got sucked into the type of game a more experienced side would never have got involved in.
▪ Codes were certainly necessary; but North's more experienced colleagues knew they were not necessary to the degree he insisted upon.
▪ Several swags can be positioned across a large window, but do not attempt this until you are more experienced.
most
▪ Mr Corps, who lived in Toulouse, was one of Britain's most experienced pilots.
▪ Many superiors acknowledged that some of the most experienced sales managers shirked these responsibilities of leadership.
▪ In this sense every Homoeopathic prescription is an experiment, even those of the most experienced professional!
▪ That problem will increase, thereby penalising schools with the most experienced and loyal teaching staffs.
▪ Even the most experienced of sailors get waylaid in Tobermory.
▪ They couldn't evade the most experienced sub-hunters in the world, not for ever.
▪ Being one of the most experienced pilots in Bomber Command and having done an instructional tour, meant nothing.
▪ Michael began his career producing revues and went on to become London's most experienced and successful producer of new plays.
vastly
▪ He gave Tipperary's vastly experienced full back Noel Sheehy a real roasting en-route to scoring two smashing goals and three points.
▪ Raymond Burns and the vastly experienced Garth McGimpsey must be considered virtual certainties.
▪ He scored his first goal since his switch to starboard and proceeded to give vastly experienced full-back Kenny Sansom a rugged afternoon.
very
▪ This is due to the very experienced local guides who will lead every tour.
▪ They spent a few minutes looking around, in what Tockwith realized was a very experienced way.
▪ My very experienced colleague remarked that her machine was looping at the edges and she couldn't seem to cure it.
▪ His mouth was warm and dry, and very experienced, and with a sigh of pleasure she relaxed against him.
▪ In spite of this he was sexually very experienced and attractive to women and found it difficult to turn down their advances.
▪ This encompasses all ranges of ability from the beginner to the very experienced.
▪ It is apparent, from the history given in the affidavits, that the appellants are both very experienced people in business.
▪ The atmosphere is always electric, so it is an easy temptation to begin uninhibitedly, even for the very experienced.
■ NOUN
difficulty
▪ Various areas of co-operation experienced difficulties in the 1970s.
▪ Pupils experienced difficulties in applying skills in new contexts, and in understanding what skills were needed to solve new problems.
▪ Following the crash the airliner's emergency radio beacon failed to function and rescue teams experienced difficulties locating the wreckage.
▪ No wonder the muster takers and subsidy collectors sometimes experienced difficulty in classifying them.
▪ They should also be jobs that young people might have experienced difficulty in gaining access to, without Compact.
▪ They have two young children and moved to Edinburgh after Mr Rea experienced difficulty in finding work in Sheffield.
eye
▪ Under Webber's experienced eye Sydney Newman's memo became a four page document.
man
▪ These reporters are all experienced men.
▪ He then said that in order to do so he needed 150 experienced men.
▪ A further advantage was that this provided more top posts for senior and experienced men from the undertakings.
▪ The Chancellor, an experienced man, knew an opening of consequence when he heard it.
▪ There were new images even for experienced men.
▪ In the morning he put one replacement and two experienced men in each flight.
manager
▪ Control of well-qualified and experienced managers and administrators in the state apparatus is difficult for less able party officials and causes resentment.
▪ You may be an experienced manager seeking to update your knowledge through formal training.
▪ Lawyers mainly deal with the theory of things whereas an experienced manager is concerned with practicalities.
officer
▪ They're all sound, experienced officers.
▪ Therefore, another essential quality in effective neighbourhood policing is using experienced officers who have familiarity on the beat.
people
▪ We have, in our company, many highly experienced people who have spent a lifetime in our industry.
▪ Less experienced people are often happier in the middle.
▪ It is a friendly, helpful organisation and you can always get assistance from more experienced people.
▪ And in other administrative areas, such as personnel and accounts, most of the supervisory and long-term experienced people opted for relocation.
▪ Our sales staff are friendly, experienced people who are there to give you helpful advice.
▪ In the future organisations will need experienced people who can ascend the hierarchy.
▪ It will be part of a group with like minded, experienced people, who understand Name's business.
▪ It is apparent, from the history given in the affidavits, that the appellants are both very experienced people in business.
pilot
▪ Mr Corps, who lived in Toulouse, was one of Britain's most experienced pilots.
▪ This feature is, of course, simple guide for less experienced pilots to finding the right half-mill chart for the journey.
▪ This possibility is worth suggesting to more experienced pilots, but, of course, is not suitable for a beginner.
▪ Travolta is a keen and experienced pilot.
▪ The following incident with an experienced pilot on a K6E drew attention to the importance of making smooth stick movements.
▪ Being one of the most experienced pilots in Bomber Command and having done an instructional tour, meant nothing.
▪ That would test even an experienced pilot.
▪ I used to do this with my more experienced pilots using the Falke motor glider on the runway at Lasham.
player
▪ Gavin will do the job in his own way, and has a wealth of experienced players to call on.
▪ This adventure book is best used with experienced players.
▪ These can quickly be removed so they don't get in the way during the game of an experienced player.
▪ There was further satisfaction for Bilardo in the performance of less experienced players.
▪ Teams were evenly matched with experienced players and beginners carefully balanced.
practitioner
▪ Sometimes experienced practitioners do not read the conditions sufficiently carefully, and assume that they are simply a standard proforma.
▪ This would involve several periods of working in the field alongside experienced practitioners.
▪ Ideally an assessment by an experienced practitioner should be sought for this but these two remedies are worth trying.
▪ Some one who has much chronic ill health should not be treated except by an experienced practitioner.
▪ Training is given by experienced practitioners, many of whom have been through the programme.
sailor
▪ It's sometimes limited if the winds are strong and we have only a few experienced sailors on holiday.
▪ Coaching from our motor safety boats and daily chats on theory help the more experienced sailors develop their skills.
▪ She was supposed to be an experienced sailor.
▪ Most seem to be between 20 and 55, though some are younger and many experienced sailors are older.
▪ More experienced sailors enjoy the lively Lasers dinghies, local windsurfing, and independent day cruising in Wayfarers.
▪ A new flotilla route in the Dodecanese Islands is offered for more experienced sailors.
▪ That suggests he was an experienced sailor.
▪ This applies whether you are an absolute beginner or experienced sailor.
staff
▪ These negative attitudes permeate decisions about crucial issues such as the allocation of resources, particularly the resources of skilled and experienced staff.
▪ However, I criticise the trend towards not having highly paid and experienced staff.
▪ The Playhouse has superbly equipped scenic workshops and experienced staff who will design and build props and scenery to specification.
▪ The pressure of commercial competition for analytical business has led to the use of cheaper, less experienced staff.
▪ A student can learn much about interpersonal skills through observation of more experienced staff.
teacher
▪ Identifying the educational needs of a handicapped child falls within the province of an experienced teacher.
▪ It is true that occasionally experienced teachers can give good, seemingly spontaneous, teaching.
▪ This is likely to prove expensive for schools with more experienced teachers.
▪ It is essential, therefore, that an experienced teacher of reading is directly involved at all stages of programming.
▪ This drop-out rate from teaching was not only depriving the system of experienced teachers but also wasting resources spent on their training.
▪ When an experienced teacher is planning a learning experience, she asks herself at least three questions: 1.
▪ In an ideal world it would be wonderful to have two or three experienced teachers working together with one class.
user
▪ An experienced user will find a number of commands have been moved or re-named but there will be little trauma in adjusting.
▪ There is a need for formal ergonomics in any design where the designer himself is not an experienced user.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ an experienced skier
▪ Highly experienced cost estimators for construction projects earn around $80,000 a year.
▪ Ms Carter is one of our most experienced teachers.
▪ My elder brother was a lot more experienced in these matters than I was.
▪ Paul liked to turn to more experienced people for advice.
▪ This job would suit someone experienced in dealing with the public.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But the more reliable sightings, by experienced observers, showed that the eagle was going northwards.
▪ Even the most experienced of sailors get waylaid in Tobermory.
▪ Harry bought it last year to instigate an eighteen-month ground-up rebuild by a dedicated team of experienced Fouga engineers.
▪ That would test even an experienced pilot.
▪ The clinic is already in operation offering treatment by experienced chartered physiotherapists at £10 a session.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
experienced

experienced \ex*pe"ri*enced\ ([e^]ks*p[=e]"r[i^]*enst), p. p. & a. Taught by practice or by repeated observations; skillful or wise by means of trials, use, or observation; as, an experienced physician, workman, soldier; an experienced eye.

The ablest and most experienced statesmen.
--Bancroft.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
experienced

"having experience, taught by practice, skillful through doing," 1570s, past participle adjective from experience (v.).

Wiktionary
experienced
  1. Having experience and skill in a subject. v

  2. (past participle of experience English)

WordNet
experienced

adj. having become knowledgeable or skillful from observation or participation [ant: inexperienced]

Wikipedia
Experienced (album)

Experienced is a live CD and DVD set by Japanese electronica/ rock duo Boom Boom Satellites. Released on February 23, 2011, the album consists of a recording of their performance at Chiba's Makuhari Messe, the last stop of their Japan Tour 2010 2nd Stage. The set list mainly features tracks from their 2010 studio album To the Loveless. Mastering of the album was completed on January 6, 2011, as announced by the band's Twitter account.

Usage examples of "experienced".

Accordingly, He experienced death by sharing in our human feeling, which of His own accord He had taken upon Himself, but He did not lose the power of His Nature, through which He gives life to all things.

When in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries the concept of nation was taken up in very different ideological contexts and led popular mobilizations in regions and countries within and outside Europe that had experienced neither the liberal revolution nor the same level of primitive accumulation, it still always was presented as a concept of capitalist modernization, which claimed to bring together the interclass demands for political unity and the needs of economic development.

On the contrary, we have seen that many of the great myths of cataclysm seem to contain accurate eye-witness accounts of real conditions experienced by humanity during the last Ice Age.

Only experienced alligator trappers were going, and that definitely did not include her.

During this precarious state of the supreme power, a difference would immediately be experienced between those portions of territory which were subjected to the feudal tenures, and those which were possessed by an allodial or free title.

Fritigern, who already felt the inconveniences of anarchy, were easily persuaded to acknowledge for their king a Gothic Judge, whose birth they respected, and whose abilities they had frequently experienced.

And although he may give his answer at once, and at once proceed to issue his apostils if he is very expert and experienced, yet it is better to act with caution, and fix a term of ten or twenty or twenty-five days, reserving to himself the right to prorogue the hearing of the appeal up to the legal limit of time.

That was apprized of all that had passed, I by no means inferred from the tenour of his conversation with Constantia, nor, if this had been incontestably proved, should I have experienced any trepidation or anxiety on that account.

The apparently innocent and artless young girl possessed the parched, hollow soul of an experienced woman of the world, or of an old courtier.

Death could be no greater loneliness than this knowledge that you were forever cut off from other minds attuned to yours in a way that, once experienced, became forever necessary.

Spellbound by his loveliness, I experienced those familiar feelings of longing to touch his untidy, black hair, coax desire from his sensual yet passionless mouth, and ease the frown from his autocratic brow.

Captain Hudson, sober, is a rough, bearish seaman, with a quick, experienced eye, that takes in every rope in the ship, as he walks up and down his quarter-deck.

Perched on a jutting eminence, and half shrouded in the bushes which clothed it, the silent fisherman took his place, while his fly was made to kiss the water in capricious evolutions, such as the experienced angler knows how to employ to beguile the wary victim from close cove, or gloomy hollow, or from beneath those decaying trunks of overthrown trees which have given his brood a shelter from immemorial time.

She was too experienced a Time Agent to mistake what she and everyone else in the room were seeing: bilocation, the selfsame object existing simultaneously in two places at once.

Attila or any of the other experienced Warriors would never have let themselves be so blatantly duped.