26984 words

firsthand

3 definitions • 4 examples
1
If you experience something firsthand, you experience it yourself:

Examples:

Most of the older reporters have experienced war firsthand.
2
gained by doing something yourself or from someone who was involved in something:

Examples:

Most of us have firsthand experience of teaching.
Obtaining firsthand accounts from the survivors was tricky.
3
obtained personally, or directly from someone who is personally involved in something:

Examples:

He has firsthand experience of what war is like.

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