Definitions for firsthand

firsthand first·hand

Spelling: [furst-hand]
IPA: /ˈfɜrstˈhænd/

Firsthand is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 533 anagrams from letters in firsthand (adfhinrst).

Definitions for firsthand

adverb

  1. from the first or original source:

adjective

  1. of or relating to the first or original source.
  2. direct from the original source:

Origin of firsthand

First recorded in 1690-1700; first + hand

Examples for firsthand

I saw personally, firsthand, what drug use and drug abuse is doing to an underprivileged population.

The character of his comments makes it clear that he had a firsthand knowledge of the books that he cites.

You may have studied Europe from afar, but you do not know Italy firsthand.

During this period he mastered the use of surveying instruments and made a firsthand study of tides in the region.

More than a few joined after witnessing 9/11, and some had even experienced it firsthand in Manhattan or DC.

From firsthand experience, I know exactly what Justice Thomas is describing.

The schools can give the students a firsthand knowledge of the various phases of library work, and this is important.

Documents and firsthand accounts of Clausewitz at war by others are few and far between.

He spoke from firsthand knowledge of the horrors committed by the Tartars.

firsthand accounts from Sinjar paint a picture of withdrawal without a fight and without warning the local population.

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