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خِبْرَة
experience /ˈxib.ra/
nounB1#1827 most common
Also: expertise, know-how, practical knowledge
Example sentences
لديه خِبْرَة.
He has experience.
أنا أبحث عن خِبْرَة في العمل.
I am looking for experience at work.
هذه الوظيفة تحتاج إلى خِبْرَة طويلة.
This job requires long experience.
اكتسب خِبْرَة كبيرة خلال سنواته في الشركة.
He gained great experience during his years at the company.
تعتمد الشركة على خِبْرَة موظفيها أكثر من شهاداتهم.
The company relies on the experience of its employees more than on their degrees.
لا يمكن للنظرية وحدها أن تعوّض خِبْرَة مكتسبة من سنوات العمل الميداني.
Theory alone cannot make up for experience gained from years of fieldwork.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | خِبْرَةٌ | خِبْراتٌ |
| Genitive | خِبْرَةٍ | خِبْراتٍ |
| Accusative | خِبْرَةً | خِبْراتٍ |
| Vocative | يا خِبْرَةُ | يا خِبْراتُ |
Word family
خَبيرexpert, well-informed
خَبَرnews, reportاِخْتِبارtest, examination
مُخْتَبَرlaboratoryخَبَرَto come to know by testing
Etymology
The word derives from the Arabic triliteral root خ-ب-ر (kh-b-r), which carries the sense of knowing a thing thoroughly and testing it. The same root gives خَبَر, meaning news or a report, and خَبير, meaning an expert. خِبْرَة names the accumulated, tested knowledge a person holds.
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