experiência — meaning in English
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English meaning
- background noun The part of a scene or image that lies behind the main subject.
- experience noun Knowledge or skill gained by doing something over time.
- experiment noun A controlled test carried out to check a hypothesis or discover something new.
- trial noun A formal examination of evidence in court to decide whether someone is guilty of a crime or liable in a dispute.
Senses
experiência is used for these senses in English:
- background One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.
- experiment A test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of something previously untried.
- trial (legal) A meeting or series of meetings in a court of law at which evidence is presented to a judge (and sometimes a jury) to allow them to decide on a legal matter (especially whether an accused person is guilty of a crime).
- trial (archaic) The action of trying (to do) something, especially more than once. (This sense is still current in the expression trial and error.)
background — full definition
- noun The part of a scene or image that lies behind the main subject.
- noun A person's history, education, or experience.
- adj Less prominent or noticeable; running behind the main action.
- verb To gather relevant background information on a person or subject.
experience — full definition
- noun Knowledge or skill gained by doing something over time.
- noun Something that happens to you, especially something memorable.
- verb To go through or undergo something personally.