hands-on experience

  • 11ˌhands-ˈon — adj 1) hands on experience involves you doing something, not just reading about it 2) someone who is hands on is involved in something and does not make other people do the work …

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  • 12hands-on — /hændz ˈɒn / (say handz on) adjective 1. practical, as opposed to theoretical: hands on experience in teaching. 2. requiring or encouraging manual contact or operation: a museum with hands on exhibits …

  • 13hands-on — ˈhands on adjective HUMAN RESOURCES doing something yourself rather than just talking about it or telling other people to do it: • She intends to continue being very much a hands on manager. * * * hands on UK US /ˌhændzˈɒn/ adjective ► WORKPLACE… …

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  • 14Hands On Science Outreach, Inc. — Hands On Science Outreach, Inc. operated as a national non profit organization registered in Maryland with a volunteer Board of Directors that conducted informal science education programs from 1984 2007. The programs were developed as a science… …

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  • 15experience — n. practice participation 1) to acquire, gain, gather, get experience from 2) broad, wide; direct, firsthand; hands on; practical; previous experience 3) a learning experience 4) experience to + inf. (they don t have enough experience to do the… …

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  • 16Hands (Jewel song) — Infobox Single Name = Hands Caption = Artist = Jewel from Album = Spirit A side = B side = Released = November 1998 Format = Recorded = 1998 Genre = Folk, pop rock Length = 3.46 Label = Atlantic Records Writer = Jewel Kilcher Patrick Leonard… …

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  • 17hands-on — adjective Date: 1969 1. relating to, being, or providing direct practical experience in the operation or functioning of something < hands on training >; also involving or allowing use of or touching with the hands < a hands on museum display > 2 …

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  • 18Hands-On Investor — An investor who holds a large portion of a company s shares and takes an active management role. A hands on investor can also be called a majority shareholder, or activist shareholder. Such investors see their ownership stake in a firm as the&#8230; …

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  • 19hands-on — adj. Hands on is used with these nouns: ↑approach, ↑exhibit, ↑experience, ↑training, ↑workshop …

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  • 20hands-on — adjective (only before noun) providing practical experience of something by letting people do it themselves: The computer course includes plenty of hands on training …

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