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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Involving active participation; applied, as opposed to theoretical.

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  • adjective involving active participation

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  • adjective involving active participation

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Examples

  • 'This is what you called a hands-on job,' she said.

    A Greenwich Château Maya Pope-Chappell 2011

  • F = Designer and artisan: professions and fields that entail hands-on designing and crafting of artistic and functional objects and employ an eye for visual design, color, style, and a keen sense of spatial acuity

    Now What? Nicholas Lore 2008

  • F = Designer and artisan: professions and fields that entail hands-on designing and crafting of artistic and functional objects and employ an eye for visual design, color, style, and a keen sense of spatial acuity

    Now What? Nicholas Lore 2008

  • And Harbaugh, known as a hands-on coach, didn't disappoint - at one point screaming, That was a great rep!

    SFGate: Top News Stories ebranch@sfchronicle.com (Eric Branch 2011

  • And Harbaugh, known as a hands-on coach, didn't disappoint - at one point screaming, That was a great rep!

    SFGate: Top News Stories ebranch@sfchronicle.com (Eric Branch 2011

  • Daddy was never what you’d call a hands-on father, but he’d never been so distant.

    And One Last Thing… Molly Harper 2010

  • Daddy was never what you’d call a hands-on father, but he’d never been so distant.

    And One Last Thing… Molly Harper 2010

  • To an untrained eye, this preparation looks no different than someone receiving a hands-on healing.

    The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010

  • An independent chair cannot be expected to have — and in most cases, will not have — hands-on knowledge about fund operations.

    SEC Taxes Mutual Funds?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • It's tough to believe any reputable doctor could prescribe Viagra (say) without a hands-on medical exam, but it does occur.

    Online Trade Barriers, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

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