Meanings
- alternativenot comparableAlternative form of firsthand.
from MTV's The Real World, and AIDS activist Jennifer Jako, who presented valuable insight and first-hand accounts on living with HIV.
2000, University of Michigan, Board of Regents, Meeting of Board of Regents, Agenda, page 561 more example
In order to gain first-hand experience of the operation of the new services I made a footplate journey on the only down two-hour train in the current timetable, the 8.30 a.m. Paddington [to Birmingham], a new express put on to offset the withdrawal of the 8.40 a.m. from Euston.
1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 103
- not comparableDirectly or from personal experience.
Its primary role is to enable Network Rail's engineers, management and stakeholders to see the condition of the infrastructure and track first-hand - in the warm and dry, and in a position of safety.
2022 December 14, Pip Dunn, “Caroline is ready for inspection...”, in RAIL, number 972, page 48
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