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Secondhand Common

Secondhand has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Adjective · Adverb

Definitions
Adjective
1

derived from what is primary or original; not firsthand

"a secondhand report"

"a secondhand account of a memory of something once read"

"most of our knowledge is secondhand"

2

previously used or owned by another

"bought a secondhand (or used) car"

3

Not new; previously owned and used by another.

"I bought a secondhand bicycle at the garage sale because it had already been ridden by someone else."

Adverb
1

by indirect means

"I heard about it only secondhand or thirdhand"

"he prefers to buy secondhand"

2

In a used or previously-owned condition.

"I decided to buy a secondhand bicycle from the garage sale to save money on my morning commute."

Example Sentences
"a secondhand report" adjective
"a secondhand account of a memory of something once read" adjective
"most of our knowledge is secondhand" adjective
"bought a secondhand (or used) car" adjective
"I heard about it only secondhand or thirdhand" adverb
"he prefers to buy secondhand" adverb
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Rhyming Words
and land hand dand xand mand nand fand band 5and iand wand rand stand shand grand aband brand frand gland
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