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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  First-hand \First"-hand`\, a.
     Obtained directly from the first or original source; hence,
     without the intervention of an agent; -- of information; as,
     a firsthand report; firsthand information; firsthand
     knowledge.
  
     Syn: direct, original.
          [1913 Webster]
  
                One sphere there is . . . where the apprehension
                of him is first-hand and direct; and that is the
                sphere of our own mind.             --J.
                                                    Martineau.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  First-hand \First"-hand`\, a.
     Obtained directly from the first or original source; hence,
     without the intervention of an agent.
  
           One sphere there is . . . where the apprehension of him
           is first-hand and direct; and that is the sphere of our
           own mind.                                --J.
                                                    Martineau.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  firsthand
       adj : received directly from a source; "firsthand information"
       adv : at first hand or directly; "I heard this story firsthand"

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  first-hand
     a.
     (alternative spelling of en firsthand)
     adv.
     directly or from personal experience.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  firsthand
     a.
     direct, without intermediate stages.
     adv.
     directly or from personal experience.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  first-hand
     a.
     (alternative spelling of en firsthand)
     adv.
     directly or from personal experience.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  firsthand
     a.
     direct, without intermediate stages.
     adv.
     directly or from personal experience.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  first-hand
     a.
     (alternative spelling of en firsthand)
     adv.
     directly or from personal experience.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  firsthand
     a.
     direct, without intermediate stages.
     adv.
     directly or from personal experience.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  first-hand
     a.
     (alternative spelling of en firsthand)
     adv.
     directly or from personal experience.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  firsthand
     a.
     direct, without intermediate stages.
     adv.
     directly or from personal experience.

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Firsthand /fˈɜːsthand/
  من المصدر الأصلي

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  firsthand /fˈɜːsthand/ 
  непосредствен
  direct, without intermediate stages

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  first-hand /fˈɜːsthˈand/
  první

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  firsthand /fˈɜːsthand/
  přímo

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  firsthand /fˈɜːsthand/
  obdržený ze zdroje

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  firsthand /fˈɜːsthand/
  aus erster Hand
   see: hand, hands, by hand, manual, manually, shake hands, secondhand, buy secondhand, at hand, link hands, give sb. (a) free rein, without rhyme or reason, find sth. easy, sb. finds sth. easy, with sure touch, She is all (fingers and) thumbs when it comes to baking., She can't bake her way out of a paper bag., She can't bake for toffee.
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  firsthand /fˈɜːsthand/ 
  direkt , unmittelbar 

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  first-hand /fˈɜːsthˈand/
  
  από πρώτο χέρι

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  firsthand /fˈɜːsthand/ 
  ensi käden
  direct, without intermediate stages

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  firsthand /fˈɜːsthand/ 
  1. सीधी~ख़बर
        "I always get first hand information on the going ons in the factory."

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  firsthand /fˈɜːsthand/
  elsô kézbôl való

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  first-hand /ˌfɜ:stˈhænd/ 
    z pierwszej ręki

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈfɝshænd/, /ˈfɝsthænd/, /fɝsˈhænd/, /fɝstˈhænd/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  84 Moby Thesaurus words for "firsthand":
     absolute, adducible, admissible, attestative, attestive, authentic,
     avant-garde, based on, callow, certain, circumstantial, conclusive,
     convincing, creative, cumulative, damning, decisive, determinative,
     dewy, documentary, documented, ever-new, evergreen, evidential,
     evidentiary, ex parte, eye-witness, factual, final, fledgling,
     founded on, fresh, green, grounded on, hearsay, imaginative,
     immature, immediate, implicit, incontrovertible, indicative,
     indisputable, intact, irrefutable, irresistible, maiden, maidenly,
     material, neoteric, nestling, new, novel, nuncupative, original,
     overwhelming, presumptive, primary, pristine, probative, raw,
     reliable, revolutionary, sempervirent, significant, suggestive,
     sure, symptomatic, telling, unbeaten, underived, undeveloped,
     unfledged, unhandled, unique, untouched, untried, untrodden,
     unused, valid, vernal, virgin, virginal, weighty, young
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 直接的,第一手的;
  ad. 直接地;

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 直接的,直接得来的,直接采购的;
  ad. 直接地;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 直接的,直接得来的,直接采购的
     ad. 直接地

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

  first-hand
     a. 直接的,第一手的
     ad. 直接地

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