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secondhand en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌsɛk(ə)n(d)ˈhænd/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈsɛk(ə)n(d)ˌhænd/

Etymology

From second + hand.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, of goods) Not new; previously owned and used by another.
  2. (not-comparable, of a dealer) Dealing in such merchandise.
  3. (figuratively, not-comparable) Indirect; from a secondary source; not firsthand.
    • In the light of recent history it is somewhat curious that this decisive power of the professional secondhand dealers in ideas should not yet be more generally recognized. 1949, F. A. Hayek, “The Intellectuals and Socialism”, in University of Chicago Law Review, volume 16, number 3, Chicago: University of Chicago, →DOI, page 417:
    • So nearly every name comes from a second hand source. The exception to this rule has been the vigilantes themselves. Rube Mathis and Jack Wells, both admitted to participating, and Mathis identified his brother. 2013, Bruce Crow, A Land of Strangers: Cane Creek Tennessee's Mormon Massacre and its Tragic Effects on the People Who Lived There:
    • However, Partridge’s information is second-hand, and requires verification. 2014, James Lambert, “A Much Tortured Expression: A New Look At `Hobson-Jobson'”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 27, number 1, page 60:
    • What's love got to do, got to do with it? / What's love but a secondhand emotion? 1984, “What’s Love Got To Do With It”, performed by Tina Turner:
    • The relation of Tristram's death is thus distanced from the narrative to which it belongs, and it is also distanced in that we do not see it happen with our own eyes, but hear of it by a second-hand report which introduces it incidentally, not for its own sake. 2014, Jill Mann, Life in Words: Essays on Chaucer, the Gawain-Poet, and Malory:
  4. (not-comparable, of cigarette or cigar smoke) Inhaled from the air near someone else smoking.
    • exposure to secondhand smoke from cigarette-smoking colleagues

Forms

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Deriveds

second-hand store · secondhanded · secondhandedness · second-hand vape · secondhand smoke · secondhand bookshop · secondhand embarrassment

Descendants

secondhand · сѐконд-хе́нд · second-hand

Synonyms

preloved · used · hand-me-down · pre-owned

Translations (93)

tr ikinci el (not new; previously owned and used by another) · de passiv (indirect, passive) · lld de sgonda man (not new; previously owned and used by another) · de gebraucht (not new; previously owned and used by another) · hu közvetett (indirect, passive) · pl używany (not new; previously owned and used by another) · th มือสอง (indirect, passive) · eu bigarren eskuko (not new; previously owned and used by another) · cmn 中古 (not new; previously owned and used by another) · eo brokanta (not new; previously owned and used by another) · fi käytetyn tavaran (dealing in such merchandise) · es segunda mano (not new; previously owned and used by another) · hu használt- (dealing in such merchandise) · el μεταχειρισμένος (not new; previously owned and used by another) · nrf dé s'gonde main (not new; previously owned and used by another) · mk по́ловен (not new; previously owned and used by another) · nl tweedehands (not new; previously owned and used by another) · ru у (not new; previously owned and used by another) · nl occasie (not new; previously owned and used by another) · th มือสอง (not new; previously owned and used by another) · ka ნაქონი (not new; previously owned and used by another) · sv begagnad (not new; previously owned and used by another) · nl occasion (not new; previously owned and used by another) · nb indirekte (indirect, passive) · ja 中古 (not new; previously owned and used by another) · pt de segunda mão (not new; previously owned and used by another) · nn brukt- (not new; previously owned and used by another) · ru б (not new; previously owned and used by another) · mi nguture (not new; previously owned and used by another) · tr elden düşme (not new; previously owned and used by another) · hu passzív (indirect, passive) · de Gebraucht- (dealing in such merchandise) · ja セカンドハンド (not new; previously owned and used by another) · gv aalaue (dealing in such merchandise) · nn brukt- (dealing in such merchandise) · nb annenhånds (indirect, passive) · fi käytetty (not new; previously owned and used by another) · tr kullanılmış (not new; previously owned and used by another) · nb brukt- (dealing in such merchandise) · nb passiv (indirect, passive) · mn эдэлж хэрэглэж байсан (not new; previously owned and used by another) · gv aalaue (not new; previously owned and used by another) · de mittelbar (indirect, passive) · nn annanhands (indirect, passive) · ru поде́ржанный (not new; previously owned and used by another) · fy twaddehâns (not new; previously owned and used by another) · fi passiivinen (indirect, passive) · pdt tweedahaunt (not new; previously owned and used by another) · cy ail-law (not new; previously owned and used by another) · ka ნახმარი (not new; previously owned and used by another) · it di seconda mano (not new; previously owned and used by another) · sco seicont-haundit (not new; previously owned and used by another) · ar مُسْتَعْمَل (not new; previously owned and used by another) · nb brukt (not new; previously owned and used by another) · mi oruoru (not new; previously owned and used by another) · es de segunda mano (not new; previously owned and used by another) · hu másodlagos (indirect, passive) · de aus zweiter Hand (not new; previously owned and used by another) · ro la mâna a doua (not new; previously owned and used by another) · fa دست دوم (not new; previously owned and used by another) · fr seconde main (not new; previously owned and used by another) · nn indirekte (indirect, passive) · gd ath-ghnàthach (not new; previously owned and used by another) · hu használt (not new; previously owned and used by another) · fr de seconde main (not new; previously owned and used by another) · id bekas (not new; previously owned and used by another) · nb brukt- (not new; previously owned and used by another) · lt naudotas (not new; previously owned and used by another) · sw mtumba (not new; previously owned and used by another) · ro second-hand (not new; previously owned and used by another) · nb middelbar (indirect, passive) · pl z drugiej ręki (indirect, passive) · ota اسكی (not new; previously owned and used by another) · is notaður (not new; previously owned and used by another) · ja セコハン (not new; previously owned and used by another) · de Secondhand- (not new; previously owned and used by another) · cmn 第二手 (not new; previously owned and used by another) · fr occasion (not new; previously owned and used by another) · de secondhand (not new; previously owned and used by another) · yo àlòkù (not new; previously owned and used by another) · hu antikvár (not new; previously owned and used by another) · ca segona mà (not new; previously owned and used by another) · lt vartotas (not new; previously owned and used by another) · pl z drugiej ręki (not new; previously owned and used by another) · ka მეორადი მოხმარების (not new; previously owned and used by another) · nn passiv (indirect, passive) · de Passiv- (indirect, passive) · ko 중고 (not new; previously owned and used by another) · mn хуучин (not new; previously owned and used by another) · la redivīvus (not new; previously owned and used by another) · pl używany (dealing in such merchandise) · nn brukt (not new; previously owned and used by another) · de indirekt (indirect, passive)

secondhand en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • /ˌsɛk(ə)n(d)ˈhænd/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈsɛk(ə)n(d)ˌhænd/

Etymology

From second + hand.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) In a used or previously-owned condition.
    • He glanced back at the Jeep, which he'd bought secondhand a dozen years ago and now, fifteen years old, was gaining on "classic" status. 2004, Ruth Doan MacDougall, Henrietta Snow, →ISBN, page 47:
    • It was almost an article of faith with McEwen never to buy new if he could buy secondhand. 1996, Peter Golding, Black Jack McEwen: Political Gladiator, →ISBN, page 50:
  2. (not-comparable) Indirectly.

Forms

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Relateds

firsthand · vicarious · thirdhand

Translations (5)

pl z drugiej ręki (indirectly) · hu másodkézből (indirectly) · fi välikäden kautta (indirectly) · fi epäsuorasti (indirectly) · hu használtan (indirectly)

secondhand en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌsɛk(ə)n(d)ˈhænd/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈsɛk(ə)n(d)ˌhænd/

Etymology

From second + hand.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Secondhand goods (especially clothes) collectively.
    • Childrenswear is now the fastest growing sector of secondhand. […] The huge increase in the market for childrenswear shows another way in which older generations are getting into secondhand. 2023 March 12, Lauren Cochrane, “Cheap, cool and kind to nature: how secondhand became UK fashion’s main attraction”, in The Observer:

Forms

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