second hand
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an intermediate person; used in the phrase `at second hand'
he could learn at second hand from books
Types & categories
- mediator hypernym
Sense 2 adverb
from a source of previously owned goods
I prefer to buy second hand
Related & opposite
- secondhand derived from
Sense 3 noun
hand marking seconds on a timepiece
Types & categories
- hand hypernym
- sweep hand hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | mediator |
| 2 | derived from | Related & opposite | secondhand |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | hand |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sweep hand |