First-hand
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: First-hand is an adjective meaning Directly or from personal experience.
Meaning
Directly or from personal experience.
More Meanings
- Alternative form of firsthand.
Example Sentences
from MTV's The Real World, and AIDS activist Jennifer Jako, who presented valuable insight and first-hand accounts on living with HIV.
Its primary role is to enable Network Rail's engineers, management and stakeholders to see the condition of the infrastructure and track first-hand - in the warm and dry, and in a position of safety.
In order to gain first-hand experience of the operation of the new services I made a footplate journey on the only down two-hour train in the current timetable, the 8.30 a.m. Paddington [to Birmingham], a new express put on to offset the withdrawal of the 8.40 a.m. from Euston.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include face-to-face, overview, on-site, on-the-spot, person, primary.
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