Definition of Secondhand
Secondhand
sec·ond·hand
Definition/Meaning
(adjective)
used, not new, acquired after having been owned and/or used by someone else, or selling things that fit this description;
e.g. She carried a secondhand bag that she had bought at a thrift store.
(adjective)
indirect or unoriginal, accepted or derived from someone/something else instead of from one's own findings or work;
e.g. I heard only a secondhand account of the incident, from someone who heard about it from a witness.
(adverb)
with the knowledge that something has been owned and/or used by someone before;
e.g. We try to buy our furniture secondhand so it is not as expensive.
(adverb)
indirectly, received from an intermediate source, learned from what others have said;
e.g. He learned the information secondhand from a friend who had done some research.
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