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first·hand

(fûrst′hănd′)

adj.

Received from the original source: firsthand information.

first′hand′ adv.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

first′hand′

or first′-hand′,

adv.

1. from the first or original source; directly.

adj.

2. of or pertaining to the first or original source.

3. direct from the original source.

[1690–1700]

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Adj.	1.	firsthand - received directly from a source; "firsthand information" primary - of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary; "primary goals"; "a primary effect"; "primary sources"; "a primary interest"
Adv.	1.	firsthand - from the original source; directly; "I heard this story firsthand" at first hand

firsthand

adjective

Marked by the absence of any intervention:

direct, immediate, primary.

Translations

de primera mano

di prima mano direttamente

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It was here that he obtained his firsthand knowledge of battleships and their construction.

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