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View synonyms for hands-on

hands-on

[ handz-on, -awn ]

adjective

  1. characterized by or involved in active personal participation in an activity; individual and direct:

    a workshop to give children hands-on experience with computers.

  2. requiring manual operation, control, adjustment, or the like; not automatic or computerized:

    the old hands-on telephone switchboards.



hands-on

adjective

  1. involving practical experience of equipment, etc

    hands-on training in the use of computers

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of hands-on1

First recorded in 1905–10; by analogy with hands-off
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Example Sentences

Inevitably, the old visceral “hands-on” flying skills, no longer much employed by pilots, have atrophied like an unused limb.

Given that crucial importance, The Macallan is famously hands-on when it comes to its wooden barrels.

For starters, from a purely practical, all-hands-on-deck position, I say if you can do the job, you should keep the job.

Adelson is known for being a hands-on donor who makes decisions carefully.

The “hands-on” laboratory allows visitors to use some of the technology, including being three-dimensionally scanned and printed.

I am speaking of a new engagement in the lives of others, a new activism, hands-on and involved, that gets the job done.

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