Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The first or highest source, without the intervention of agents or media of any kind: generally with at, or, without a preposition, in adverbial use: as, information secured at first-hand from the person interested; goods obtained first-hand from the manufacturer.
- Obtained direct from the first source; obtained from the producer, maker, etc., without the intervention of agents or media.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Obtained directly from the first or original source; hence, without the intervention of an agent; -- of information.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Alternative spelling of
firsthand .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective received directly from a source
- adverb from the original source; directly
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Examples
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He said this stage is characterized by first-hand recognition that something different is happening, and secondly, the beginning of a disengagement process.
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Black Swan Ruling: Back in 2007, Odyssey found the Black Swan and recovered 594,000 coins weighing 17 tons I have seen the coins first-hand and they are definitely real!
unknown title 2011
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Black Swan Ruling: Back in 2007, Odyssey found the Black Swan and recovered 594,000 coins weighing 17 tons I have seen the coins first-hand and they are definitely real!
unknown title 2011
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I have got first-hand experience with every single feature (and bug) in their specs.
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I have got first-hand experience with every single feature (and bug) in their specs.
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WSJ's Margaret Coker had a first-hand seat to the recent revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya.
Egypt Rallies Swell Against Military Matt Bradley 2011
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WSJ's Margaret Coker had a first-hand seat to the recent revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya.
NATO and Libya Rebels Try to Mend Fences After Misfire Stephen Fidler 2011
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Finance Minister Schaeuble had kept him on because of his first-hand experience of the first wave of the financial crisis.
Germany Nominates Asmussen to Succeed Stark at ECB Geoffrey T. Smith 2011
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My colleagues at The Greenlining Institute saw this first-hand when they advocated for provisions aimed at preserving at least a bit of media diversity in the recently-approved Comcast/NBC Universal merger.
Preeti Vissa: Shackling the Cop on the Beat Preeti Vissa 2011
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My colleagues at The Greenlining Institute saw this first-hand when they advocated for provisions aimed at preserving at least a bit of media diversity in the recently-approved Comcast/NBC Universal merger.
Preeti Vissa: Shackling the Cop on the Beat Preeti Vissa 2011
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