firsthand
or first-hand
- from the first or original source: We heard the news of the accident firsthand from a witness.
- of or relating to the first or original source.
- direct from the original source: firsthand knowledge of the riot.
Origin of firsthand
Related Words for first-hand
initial, authentic, prime, infant, opening, beginning, primary, pioneer, aboriginal, primitive, first, archetypal, autochthonous, early, elementary, embryonic, genuine, introductory, primeval, primordialExamples from the Web for first-hand
Contemporary Examples of first-hand
As time progressed, her essays became a collection, and now, a first-hand look into the life of being an Ephron.
He did, however, see Palestine first-hand and supported the Palestinian cause once he did.
Karl Steinberg, a long-term geriatrician in Oceanside, Calif., knows this first-hand.
Online Mortality Calculator Could Change Health Care—and Our Views on DeathJosh Dzieza
January 15, 2012
And I don't know this first-hand, but some people just have to do too much in too short a period of time.
A first-hand witness to such chaos, “Elle” has been married to a sex addict for years.
Historical Examples of first-hand
Certainly I learned less of his ways from first-hand knowledge.
The Fortune HunterLouis Joseph Vance
But I fear that this war is not at all like the only war of which Howse has had any first-hand knowledge.
Good Old AnnaMarie Belloc Lowndes
Human life at first-hand had not been too plentiful with him.
Tristram of BlentAnthony Hope
Mr. Steffens came to the subject with a first-hand knowledge of politics.
A Preface to PoliticsWalter Lippmann
"I haven't any first-hand or original adventures," she declared.
The Jolliest School of AllAngela Brazil
first-hand
- from the original source; direct or directlyfirst-hand news; he got the news first-hand
- at first hand from the original source; directly
Word Origin and History for first-hand
firsthand
also first-hand, first hand, 1690s, from the image of the "first hand" as the source or origin of something.