first-hand

adjective

1. from the original source; direct or directly

   first-hand news

   he got the news first-hand

2. at first hand
   from the original source; directly

Idioms and Phrases

see at first hand .

Example Sentences

We wanted to understand first-hand what it was really like for struggling families to live in this mined-out coal town.

From The Daily Beast

Dr. Gardere said he has seen first-hand the role faith has played in helping people recover from seemingly unfathomable setbacks.

From The Daily Beast

Affleck revealed that it was hearing first-hand stories that awoke him to the “moral obligation” of intervening.

From The Daily Beast

I know first-hand that it can be difficult to confront such issues.

From The Daily Beast

Teaching for two years in Harlem, Jonathan Sheehan saw first-hand how standardized testing is destroying public education.

From The Daily Beast

Apart from him and his adherents there is indeed no first-hand evidence for Palladian Masonry.

From Project Gutenberg

Human life at first-hand had not been too plentiful with him.

From Project Gutenberg

Before oil was introduced for the lamps it is said the lantern was lit by coal-fires—a kind of first-hand use of gas.

From Project Gutenberg

Possibly the first-hand memoir of a miracle would have satisfied us, or the harrowing confessions and last wishes of the moribund.

From Project Gutenberg

A first-hand account of how the Indian brave decorated his face cannot but prove of interest.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• authentic
• initial