experiences
The plural of "experience" is experiences.
Most English nouns form the plural by adding -s, and experience follows this rule.
Meaning: something that happens to you, or knowledge gained by doing something (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
Use a plural verb with experiences: the experiences are. The possessive plural adds only an apostrophe: experiences'.
How do you pronounce it?
experience is pronounced /ɪkˈspɪə.ɹi.əns/. The plural ending sounds like /ɪz/, so the plural has one more syllable than the singular.
What mistakes should you avoid?
In the sense of skill gained over time, experience is uncountable: ten years of experience. Use experiences for events that happened to you.
Did you know?
- Young children learning English often say mouses and foots. They are applying the -s rule to every noun, which shows they have learned the rule itself.
Examples in context
- We had some strange experiences on the trip.Singular: We had one strange experience on the trip.
- Travel gives you new experiences.Singular: Travel gives you a new experience.
