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English to English adjective
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Not original or primary; received from another. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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derived from what is primary or original; not firsthand | | Example: a secondhand report
a secondhand account of a memory of something once read
most of our knowledge is secondhand
source: wordnet30
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previously used or owned by another | | Example: bought a secondhand (or used) car
source: wordnet30 adverb
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by indirect means | | Example: I heard about it only secondhand or thirdhand
he prefers to buy secondhand
source: wordnet30
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