hands-on

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˌhæˈnzɔn/

📖 Definitions

  1. adjective
    Involving or offering active participation or direct experience rather than theoretical knowledge; practical and experiential.; Actively involved in the management or day-to-day operations of something, rather than delegating to others.; Designed to be operated or used directly by hand, as opposed to being automated or remote.; Involving physical contact or tactile engagement with materials or objects.; Requiring or characterized by direct personal involvement and intervention, especially in a situation that demands immediate action.

🔗 Details

Word forms

Collocations

hands-on experiencehands-on approachhands-on traininghands-on learninghands-on managementhands-on involvement

Derivatives

hands-off

Synonyms

practicalexperientialinteractiveparticipatoryappliedactive

Antonyms

hands-offtheoreticalabstractpassive

Commonly confused

hands-off
EN: 'hands-off' means not involving direct participation or intervention, the opposite of 'hands-on'.
handson
EN: 'handson' is a common misspelling; the correct form is always hyphenated as 'hands-on'.

Spelling tips

EN: Always hyphenated ('hands-on'), never written as one word ('handson') or two separate words ('hands on') when used as an adjective before a noun.

💬 Examples

  1. The museum offers hands-on exhibits where children can touch and interact with the displays.

  2. She is a very hands-on manager who likes to be involved in every aspect of the project.

  3. The training course includes hands-on practice with the new software on actual computers.

  4. The pottery class is a hands-on experience where students shape clay with their own hands.

  5. The crisis required a hands-on approach from the CEO, who flew to the factory to oversee operations personally.