second-hand
adverb/ˌsekənd ˈhænd/
/ˌsekənd ˈhænd/
- if you buy something second-hand, it is not new but has been owned by somebody else before
- I bought the camera second-hand.
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- (often disapproving) if you learn something second-hand, you learn it from other people, not from your own experience
- I only heard about it second-hand.
compare first-hand
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