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UK
/fˈɜːsthænd/
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[ US /ˈfɝshænd, ˈfɝsthænd, fɝsˈhænd, fɝstˈhænd/ ]
[ US /ˈfɝshænd, ˈfɝsthænd, fɝsˈhænd, fɝstˈhænd/ ]
ADVERB
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from the original source; directly
I heard this story firsthand
ADJECTIVE
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received directly from a source
firsthand information
How To Use firsthand In A Sentence
- Coleman and his wife Linda spent thirty years collecting firsthand accounts of the event from letters and diaries, archives, and newspapers of the day.
- Maxine is correct about the way which this development has skewed the incentives which young talented people face (as a college student I have firsthand knowledge of this, the vast majority of people want to go into banking, consulting, or another part of the financial sector). Matthew Yglesias » The Bitter Fruits of a Finance-Oriented Economy
- I airport parking at luton been blabby a lot sociobiologically ended harmonica screening and what scamp the firsthand from the bad from the cephalopodan. Rational Review
- That's because two laryngectomee patients from the JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute in Edison visited the middle school on Tuesday to show them firsthand the consequences of throat cancer. Home News Tribune - News
- Duma Key is not just a novel for the fans, but a cathartic response from King over his near-death accident in 1999; no doubt he relived his agonizing recovery while writing about Freemantle, and yet it is because of this firsthand experience, that Duma Key feels much more personal and empathetic. 2010 February 15 « The BookBanter Blog
- Its mode is agglomerative - discrete pieces of information are gleaned and corroborated through firsthand experience.
- Lisa, there were some American women journalists who were embedded with the military who knew what was going on firsthand.
- Modern chemotherapy detoxifies the addict in about eleven minutes, as some of us know from firsthand experience. Ten Minutes, That's It
- Also, some species can emit a strong, foul odor if handled - we found this out firsthand.
- A meeting was arranged for August 5, and Sam tagged along to see firsthand the notorious defier of federal and biblical authority. LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY