Definition of firsthand
: obtained by, coming from, or being direct personal observation or experience a firsthand account of the war … had a firsthand view of the turmoil that wracked the region. — William W. Finan, Jr.
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Examples of firsthand in a Sentence
He gave a firsthand account of the battle.
She draws on firsthand experiences for her novel.
Recent Examples of firsthand from the Web
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It's brilliantly structured and edited, but those virtues are secondary to the film's value as a firsthand document of life in Iraq during the last several years.
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Now, many of those with firsthand knowledge of those relationships are gone.
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A person with firsthand knowledge of the situation said the deal is for three years, but isn’t fully guaranteed until July 2019.
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In place of a firsthand account, we're left with an oral history pieced together by those who knew the couple.
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At a third high school, an employee with firsthand knowledge said grade-change forms are often signed by the principal but not by teachers.
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I was born in 1964, which is long enough ago for me to have formed a vague firsthand impression of suburban, middle-class seventies feminism.
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But the Forest Service Ranger hasn’t had any firsthand reports and the campground host didn’t arrive until last weekend.
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Romney McDaniel knows firsthand the challenges of balancing politics and parenting.
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First Known Use of firsthand
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FIRSTHAND Defined for English Language Learners
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: coming directly from actually experiencing or seeing something
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: coming right from the original source firsthand information I got the story firsthand.
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