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English

Adjective

at first hand; direct
: firsthand knowledge
brand new, as opposed to used or secondhand

Alternative spellings

first hand, first-hand

vi:firsthand zh:firsthand

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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]

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

Moby Dictionary
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