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second-hand

1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
Second-hand things are not new and have been owned by someone else.
Buying a second-hand car can be a risky business.
...a stack of second-hand books.
Synonyms: used, old, handed down, hand-me-down [informal] More Synonyms of second hand
Second-hand is also an adverb.
Far more boats are bought second-hand than are bought brand new.
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
A second-hand shop sells second-hand goods.
3. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
Second-hand stories, information, or opinions are those you learn about from other people rather than directly or from your own experience.
He conceded that second-hand accounts are leading to rumour and counter-rumour.
The denunciation was made on the basis of second-hand information.
4.  at second hand
More Synonyms of second hand

second hand in British English

noun
a pointer on the face of a timepiece that indicates the seconds
Compare hour hand, minute hand

second-hand in British English

adjective
1. 
previously owned or used
2. 
not from an original source or experience
3. 
dealing in or selling goods that are not new
a second-hand car dealer
adverb
4. 
from a source of previously owned or used goods
he prefers to buy second-hand
5. 
not directly
he got the news second-hand

second hand in American English

1. 
the hand that marks seconds on the face of a watch or clock
2. 
an intermediate person or thing
now only in (at) second hand, indirectly

Examples of 'second hand' in a sentence
second hand

The second hand flickered two hundred and thirty more times until she was sinking her teeth into pure air.
Robert Wilson THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS (2002)
Then I remembered he'd probably hired him second hand, through a local agency.
Anita Anderson SOMEBODY (2002)
Superfast coverage is a necessity b 4,000 for a second-hand car?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He may find them online or in a second-hand bookshop.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
But that, of course, is bad news for second-hand buyers.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Your next second-hand car is only a click away.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The company has been battling with a slowdown in the second-hand housing market.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
Families typically spend 427, but some brands cost more than many second-hand cars.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Many schools also have second-hand uniform sales to sell lost property.
The Sun (2018)
Mostly we talk about practical things: jobs, accommodation, the price of second-hand laptops.
The Times Literary Supplement (2012)
This is great news when it comes to buying second-hand.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
His Rolex slid out from beneath his cuff; the smooth rotation of the second hand showed that it was real.
Gregg Andrew Hurwitz DO NO HARM (2002)
This is great news when it comes to buying second-hand.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Our father could afford only second-hand cars.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
This is the thing about second-hand bookshops.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
This was when compared to people who rarely encountered second-hand smoke.
The Sun (2012)
This applies to new and second-hand items.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He served in the army for two years and had reinvented himself as a second-hand car dealer.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Other factors included lower prices for clothes and second-hand cars.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It was like buying a second-hand car.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
At the bottom of the hill the little second-hand book shop stocks treasures for those with time to browse.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Anything that could protect not only staff but other prisoners and visitors from second-hand smoke inhalation is obviously welcome.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Which is why my heart leaps at the sight of one of them in a second-hand bookshop or charity store.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
We bought so many second-hand clothes.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Her former husband ran a second-hand record shop but says he had to give it up because of all the begging letters.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The company is hoping that the low monthly repayments will bring the car within reach of people previously able to afford only a second-hand car.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He stocks 40,000 new and second-hand books.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It's full of finds from second-hand shops and antiques stalls.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The line of credit helped them to buy one second-hand for $25,000.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It said that 40 per cent of drivers found mechanical failures after picking up second-hand cars.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)

All related terms of 'second-hand'

at second hand
If you experience something at second hand , you are told about it by other people rather than experiencing it yourself.
(at) second hand
not from the original source; indirectly
second-hand dealer
a person who deals in second-hand things, such as cars, or furniture
second-hand smoke
the smoke of other people's cigarettes
second-hand bookshop
a shop selling second-hand books
second-hand endowment
A second-hand endowment is a traditional with-profits endowment policy that has been sold to a new owner part way through its term.
second-hand bookseller
a person who has a second-hand bookshop
secondhand smoke
smoke from a cigarette , cigar , etc., that is inhaled by persons other than the smoker
sweep hand
a long hand that registers seconds or fractions of seconds on the perimeter of the dial

Chinese translation of 'second-hand'

second-hand

(ˈsɛkəndˈhænd)

adj

  1. [car, books, clothes] 二手的 (èrshǒu de)
  2. [information, opinions] 间(間)接的 (jiànjiē de)

adv

  1. [buy] 作为(為)二手货(貨) (zuòwéi èrshǒuhuò)
    to hear sth (at) second-hand 间(間)接地得知某事 (jiànjiē de dézhī mǒushì)

cpd

  1. [shop, bookshop] 经(經)营(營)旧(舊)货(貨) (jīngyíng jiùhuò)

Nearby words of
second-hand

  • second thought
  • Second World War
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  • second-rate
  • secondary
  • secondary school

Related terms of
second-hand

  • to hear sth (at) second-hand
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