At a Firsthand Look?

When you get information from someone who saw something happen or heard something said, that's firsthand evidence. And anything you see or hear yourself is also firsthand. Your summer job might be a firsthand look at what farming is really like.

Is it first hand or at first hand?

Firsthand is standard in American English, while first-hand is standard in British English. The British like to hyphenate things.

How do you use first hand in a sentence?

(1) Most of the older reporters have experienced war first-hand. (2) I have first-hand experience of running a school. (3) Most of us have first-hand experience of teaching. (4) This gives a first-hand account of the war.