AT FIRST HAND

  

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AT FIRST HAND

Definition: AT FIRST HAND

AT FIRST HAND

1. From the first or original source; without the intervention of any agent. It is the intention of the person to reveal it at first hand, by way of mouth, to yourself. --Dickens.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Crosswords: AT FIRST HAND

English words defined with "AT FIRST HAND": firsthandobservedseenunobserved. (references)
Etymologies containing "AT FIRST HAND": Racket. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: AT FIRST HAND

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

It would be advisable to initially visit the country and to assess the situation and facilities at first hand, and at the same time, make contact with those in the education industry. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Modern Translation: AT FIRST HAND

Language Translations for "AT FIRST HAND"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

nga eksperienca personale. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏عند أول شىء. (various references)

   

French

  

la première chose. (various references)

   

German

  

aus erster Hand (firsthand). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

από πρώτο χέρι (first-hand). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

elsõ kézbõl (first hand), elõször (at first, first, firstly, in the first place). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

直話 (account one gotfrom somebody at first hand, one's own account, story one had direct from). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

じきわ (account one gotfrom somebody at first hand, story one had direct from). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

atay irstfay andhay

   

Russian 

  

из собственного опыта (at first-hand). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: AT FIRST HAND

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-d-f-h-i-n-r-s-t-t"

-2 letters: antidraft, firsthand.

-3 letters: farinhas, handfast, indrafts, radiants.

-4 letters: antiars, antifat, artisan, athirst, attains, darshan, dharnas, distant, fantast, farinas, farinha, fattish, indraft, radians, radiant, ratfish, rattans, rattish, shaitan, tantras, tarnish, tartans, tartish, thrifts, transit, tsarina.

-5 letters: adrift, afraid, afrits, airths, antiar, arhats, arista, arshin, artist, attain, attars, danish, dharna, dinars, drafts, drains, drifts, faints, faiths.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-d-f-h-i-n-r-s-t-t"
 

+5 letters: faintheartedness.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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