first-hand knowledge
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffirsthandandknowledge
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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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knowledge
noun
uk/ˈnɒl.ɪdʒ/us/ˈnɑː.lɪdʒ/
understanding of or information about a subject that you get by experience or study, either known by one person or by ...
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(Definition offirsthandandknowledgefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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They may be specialists, general practitioners, nurses, economists, etc., but need not necessarily havefirst-handknowledgeof the topic of the conference.
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It is that - a compelling story clearly told, based on thorough research and direct,first-handknowledge.
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Frequently, researchers applying fundamental neuroscience technologies to investigate psychiatric disorders lackfirst-handknowledgeof the disorder.
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Interviewees also design their responses to interviewers' direct questions to ratify and mobilize thefirst-handknowledgeor direct access attributed to them through those questions.
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Youths fixed their hands in kinetic symbols borrowed from rap videos and magazine photos, referencing their favourite stars while mimetically reinterpreting gestures of which they had littlefirst-handknowledge.
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Furthermore, it may be that leader-mediated support is less effective at providing protection for democratic constitutional provisions than support derived fromfirst-handknowledgeof constitutional arrangements.
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Fourth, solid empirical study should be conducted and field research should be encouraged, which is always the necessary means for an author to obtainfirst-handknowledge.
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I had a very useful two days gettingfirst-handknowledgeof the area and its problems.
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But second-hand knowledge can never be a substitute forfirst-handknowledge.
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It is important to see all the courthouses myself to gain afirst-handknowledgeof the facilities.
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To what extent do they have their own representative, withfirst-handknowledge, at the various conferences which take place?
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He regards it as quite essential that they should getfirst-handknowledge, where ever possible, of the territories which they are called upon to administer.
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I have not enoughfirst-handknowledgeof it.
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They havefirst-handknowledgeof the conditions there.
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I have somefirst-handknowledgeof this subject, for various reasons.
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My own earlier,first-handknowledgeof the close links that exist between industry and education in that area has thus been brought up to date.
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For diplomatists, it would give themfirst-handknowledgeof some of the domestic problems of this country.
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I havefirst-handknowledgeof the frustration caused by the unnecessary detail and duplication and the differences between one set of wages orders and another.
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