work experience UK
wɜːk ɪkˈspɪəriəns
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Noun

1.
practical knowledgeUKknowledge or skills gained from workingUK
  • His work experience was crucial for the new project.
2.
job trainingUKperiod spent working for a company to gain skillsUK
  • She gained valuable work experience at the local newspaper.
internship
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Expressions with work

work onv.
exert effort to achieve a task or goal
They are working on the new project.
work aroundv.
arrange schedule or activities to accommodate something
She worked around her meetings to fit in a doctor's appointment.
work awayv.
continue working on something without stopping
She would work away at her painting for hours.
work inv.
find time or space for amid other things
I will work in a meeting at 3 PM.
diving into workn.
starting work with energy and focus
After the meeting, she made a diving into work.
get off workv.
finish the workday and leave the workplace
I usually get off work at 5 PM.

Expressions with experience

hair-raising experiencen.
event causing great fear or excitement
The haunted house was a hair-raising experience for everyone.
out-of-body experiencen.
feeling of seeing or sensing oneself outside the body
She described an out-of-body experience during the surgery.
chalk something up to experiencev.
take a lesson from a bad outcome instead of grieving it
She chalked the mistake up to experience and moved on.
know from bitter experiencev.
understand something because of a painful or harsh past event
I know from bitter experience that ignoring deadlines only causes stress.
charge it to experiencev.
accept a bad experience as a learning opportunity
She lost money but decided to charge it to experience.
experience a turning pointv.
reach a critical moment leading to a new direction
The company experienced a turning point when it launched its new product line.
experience growing painsv.
encounter problems during early stages
New businesses often experience growing pains.
experience under one's beltn.
knowledge or skill gained from doing something
She has years of teaching experience under her belt.
put something down to experiencev.
attribute an event or outcome to learning from experience
She put the mistake down to experience and moved on.
previous experiencen.
earlier time when you did or went through something similar
From previous experience, he knew the train would be crowded.

Terms related to work experience

💡 Terms in the same lexical field: analogies, antonyms, common collocates, words with same roots, hypernyms…
careeremploymentinternshipknowledgelearningpracticeworkplaceapprenticeshipindustryplacementprofessiontraining

Terms with work experience included in their meaning

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CVacr.
acr: curriculum vitae
document listing education and work experience
internn.
career
person gaining work experience in a chosen field
internv.
job
work temporarily to gain practical experience
résumén.
job application
document listing education and work experience
skilled labourn.
employment
work that needs people with training or experience to complete it properly
trick of the traden.
professional method
special method learned from experience that helps professionals work better
year outn.
experience
year spent gaining work experience
internship programn.
education
organized plan offering temporary work experience for students or new workers

Examples of work experience in a sentence

  • Work experience is often required for higher-level positions.
  • His work experience at the tech startup was invaluable.
  • During her work experience, she learned a lot about marketing.

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  1. French:expérience professionnelle, stage, ...
  2. German:Berufserfahrung, Arbeitserfahrung, ...
  3. Italian:esperienza lavorativa, tirocinio, ...
  4. Spanish:experiencia de trabajo, ...
  5. Portuguese:experiência de trabalho, ...
  6. Chinese:工作经验, 实习经历, ...
  7. Japanese:職務経験, ...
  8. Arabic:خِبْرَةُ عَمَل, خِبْرَةُ الْعَمَلِ, ...
  9. Hebrew:נִסְיוֹן עֲבוֹדָה, נִיסָּיוֹן בַּעֲבוֹדָה, ...
  10. Russian:рабочий опыт, профессиональный опыт, ...
  11. Ukrainian:досвід роботи, практика, ...
  12. Hindi:कार्यानुभव, नौकरी का अनुभव, ...
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