English to English
secondhand
(,s/E/k/@/n'h/&/nd
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adjective (a)
- Not original or primary; received from another.(adjective)source: webster1913
adverb (r)
- by indirect means(adv.all)Example:
I heard about it only secondhand or thirdhand.
He prefers to buy secondhand.
source: wordnet30
adjective satellite (s)
- derived from what is primary or original; not firsthand(adj.all)Example:
A secondhand report.
A secondhand account of a memory of something once read.
Most of our knowledge is secondhand.
source: wordnet30 - previously used or owned by another(adj.all)Example:
Bought a secondhand (or used) car.
source: wordnet30