firsthand
Etymology Adjective
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Etymology Adjective
firsthand (not comparable)
- Direct, without intermediate stages.
- firsthand knowledge
- 1990 March, Cliff Gromer, Firsthand Report: Yamaha WaveRunner III, Popular Mechanics.
- Not previously owned or used; contrasted with secondhand.
- a firsthand copy
- German: aus erster Hand, unmittelbar, direkt
- Italian: di prima mano, nuovo, recente
- Portuguese: de primeira mão
- Russian: полученный из первый
- Spanish: de primera mano
firsthand (not comparable)
- Directly or from personal experience.
- 2003, Katherine Edgar, “Levant”, in Jennifer Speake, Literature of Travel and Exploration: G to P
- However, the romantic subjective approach persisted, allowing the nontraveling reader the illusion of experiencing the region at firsthand, […]
- 2003, Katherine Edgar, “Levant”, in Jennifer Speake, Literature of Travel and Exploration: G to P
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