Usually means: Directly experienced or personally observed.
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  1. firsthand: Merriam-Webster
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  3. firsthand: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  6. Firsthand, firsthand: Wordnik
  7. firsthand: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. firsthand: Wiktionary
  9. firsthand: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. firsthand: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
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  13. firsthand: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Firsthand: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  17. firsthand: Mnemonic Dictionary
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▸ adjective:  Direct, without intermediate stages.
▸ adjective:  Not previously owned or used; contrasted with secondhand.
▸ adverb:  Directly or from personal experience.

Similar:
primary, personal, forehanded, straight from the horse's mouth, downright, straight from the shoulder, direct, nose-to-nose, head-on, secondhanded, more...

Opposite:
secondhand, indirect, hearsay, mediated

Types:
direct, indirect, anecdotal, secondary, more...

Phrases:
firsthand account, firsthand experience, experience firsthand, engage firsthand, more...

Adjectives:
own, such, more, learned, little, familiar, evil, non, magic, aware, latter

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Similar:
primary, personal, forehanded, straight from the horse's mouth, downright, straight from the shoulder, direct, nose-to-nose, head-on, secondhanded, more...

Opposite:
secondhand, indirect, hearsay, mediated

Types:
direct, indirect, anecdotal, secondary, more...

Phrases:
firsthand account, firsthand experience, experience firsthand, engage firsthand, more...

Adjectives:
own, such, more, learned, little, familiar, evil, non, magic, aware, latter

Colors:
    red,     blue,     green,     yellow,     orange, more...



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