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Definition of second-hand adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

second-hand

adjective
 
/ˌsekənd ˈhænd/
 
/ˌsekənd ˈhænd/
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  1. not new; owned by somebody else before
    • a second-hand bookshop (= for selling second-hand books)
    • (especially British English) second-hand cars
    Topics Transport by car or lorryb2
  2. (often disapproving) (of news, information, etc.) learned from other people, not from your own experience
    • second-hand opinions
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