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Definition of "firsthand" []

  • Received from the original source: firsthand information. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "firsthand" in a sentence
  • "Our series gives you the opportunity to gain firsthand knowledge from people of all walks of life on what it means to live -- and live well -- with HIV."
  • "To hear Wu's story firsthand is to witness the paranoia he now lives in."
  • "Insight Guide (top) and Rough Guide (at left) are helping international visitors to learn about the Taiwan POW camps, and hopefully they will want to come and discover more about them firsthand from the POW Society."