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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

  1. noun The part of a scene or image that lies behind the main subject.
  2. noun A person's history, education, or experience.
  3. adj Less prominent or noticeable; running behind the main action.
  4. verb To gather relevant background information on a person or subject.

experience — full definition

  1. noun Knowledge or skill gained by doing something over time.
  2. noun Something that happens to you, especially something memorable.
  3. verb To go through or undergo something personally.

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