firsthand

UK /ˈfɜːstˌhænd/ US /ˈfɝstˌhænd/

adj 2adv 1

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ADJ.

experienced, investigative, received, sure

VERB + FIRSTHAND

cancel, die, effects, felt, gaining, gave, got, knows

FIRSTHAND + NOUN

child, importance, knowledge

PREP.

about, from, on

ADV.

easily, often, recently, such

Definitions

adj

Direct, without intermediate stages.

firsthand knowledge

I recently received a firsthand report from an old friend — John A. Keel — who until last year was as skeptical a newshound as I have known.

Not previously owned or used; contrasted with secondhand.

a firsthand copy

adv

Directly or from personal experience.

Hell and tarnations, I've known them for muddleheads and blockheads half my life, and firsthand, but I sure didn't expect them to take leave of their senses, insulting our office of President, making our Party into a white demagogue's party, slapping the Negro vote in the face.

In the course of three intensive days in and around Guiyu's four villages, the small investigative team witnessed firsthand what passes for recycling of e-waste in Asia.

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firsthand knowledge

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I recently received a firsthand report from an old friend — John A. Keel — who until last year was as skeptical a newshound as I have known.

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Ours is a generation of aromantics, jaded about matters of the heart — often before gaining firsthand experience.

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Hell and tarnations, I've known them for muddleheads and blockheads half my life, and firsthand, but I sure didn't expect them to take leave of their senses, insulting our office of President, making

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In the course of three intensive days in and around Guiyu's four villages, the small investigative team witnessed firsthand what passes for recycling of e-waste in Asia.

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2003, Katherine Edgar, “Levant”, in Jennifer Speake, Literature of Travel and Exploration: G to P However, the romantic subjective approach persisted, allowing the nontraveling reader the illusion of

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