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hands-on
[ handz-on, -awn ]
adjective
- characterized by or involved in active personal participation in an activity; individual and direct:
a workshop to give children hands-on experience with computers.
- requiring manual operation, control, adjustment, or the like; not automatic or computerized:
the old hands-on telephone switchboards.
hands-on
adjective
- involving practical experience of equipment, etc
hands-on training in the use of computers
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
Like Feinstein, Lurie wants to be a hands-on mayor, walking city streets by day, while at least every so often making it home early enough to sit down with his family for dinner.
In court, she tearfully claimed that while she had been "hands-on" and "stupid" in her professional interactions with Saunderson, she had done nothing wrong.
She grew up as part of a "normal, working class" household, met her husband and ended up working for the NHS herself in a "hands-on" clinical role.
A prison governor accused of being in a relationship with a gang boss inmate said she had always been a "hands-on" person, but denied any wrongdoing.
Prince Harry's move to the US has impacted his ability to be hands-on with some of his charity work.
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