first-hand information
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffirsthandandinformation
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firsthand
adjective
uk/ˌfɜːstˈhænd/us/ˌfɝːstˈhænd/
gained by doing something yourself or from someone who was involved ...
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information
noun[U]
uk/ˌɪn.fəˈmeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌɪn.fɚˈmeɪ.ʃən/
facts about a situation, person, ...
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(Definition offirsthandandinformationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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But my efforts to search forfirst-handinformationon this topic were far less fruitful than was my work on other sociopolitical issues.
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This precludes the use of quantitative analytical methods such as statistics, but provides first-handinformationon the important issues affecting the target group.
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First-handinformationon the risk-management issues of organic farmers is especially useful for our study because organic risk-management products are in the early stages of development.
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We do not havefirst-handinformationabout the humanitarian situation there, although a number of international agencies issue situation reports.
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Nofirst-handinformationas to actual conditions on the cocoa plantations is available.
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It has been full of reliable, personal,first-handinformationfrom many parts of the world, and it has been very soberly and earnestly argued.
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One does not always have to havefirst-handinformationor first-hand experience.
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I gather he is not now on the railways, so he is dealing with something about which he has not gotfirst-handinformation.
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The result was that we had a great deal offirst-handinformationabout how referendums operate in this country at present.
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This gave mefirst-handinformationabout building societies.
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Their contributions to this debate and theirfirst-handinformationwere of particular value.
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These people have come back and given us an enormous amount offirst-handinformation.
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We therefore have nofirst-handinformationon the situation.
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I am not quite clear from where thisfirst-handinformationwould come.
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Such boards would be invaluable in assessing, fromfirst-handinformation, local requirements and the volume and type of training required.
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We did not travel over the world to obtainfirst-handinformation.
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I am always conscious of thefirst-handinformationwhich they have on these matters.
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We have nofirst-handinformationabout the matter, and no direct standing.
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We took this step because we found that we did not have sufficiently comprehensive and up-to-datefirst-handinformationabout conditions in hostels.
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