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first-hand

adj & adv

1. from the original source; direct or directly first-hand news he got the news first-hand

at first hand from the original source; directly

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first-hand

adjective direct, personal, immediate, face-to-face, straight from the horse's mouth He'll get a first-hand briefing on the emergency.

adverb directly, personally, immediately, face-to-face, straight from the horse's mouth I heard all about it first-hand

Translations

first-hand [ˈfɜːstˈhænd]

A. ADJ [information, account] → de primera mano; [experience, knowledge] → de primera mano

B. ADV → directamente

first-hand [ˈfɜːstˈhænd]

1. adj → diretto/a, di prima mano

2. adv → direttamente

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