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Firsthand is defined as experienced personally, or heard straight from the source.

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When you witness an accident with your own two eyes instead of hearing about it after the fact, this is an example of when you witnessed it firsthand.

See firsthand in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective, adverb

from the original producer or source; direct

See firsthand in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Received from the original source: firsthand information.

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firstˈhandˈ adverb

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