firsthand

[US]/'fɜːst'hænd/
[UK]/ˈfə..stˈhænd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. & adv. directly obtained or experienced from the original source, firsthand.

Phrases & Collocations

firsthand experience

firsthand information

Example Sentences

It’s not firsthand information.

We should acquire more firsthand information.

I learned the news about her mother's illness firsthand from Lena.

We gather up from various sources a great amount of firsthand data.

The economist gave us her feelings on the causes of inflation. Abelief is a conclusion, not necessarily derived firsthand, to which one subscribes strongly:

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