thirdhand

Describes information or goods that have passed through two intermediate sources or owners before reaching the current one.

• 🇵🇹Diz-se de informação, objeto ou relato que passou por dois intermediários ou donos antes de chegar à pessoa atual, sendo, por isso, indireto e possivelmente impreciso; também pode indicar algo de qualidade inferior ou de importância secundária.

1. Derived from two intermediate sources C1 formal

   Obtained or received after being passed through two intermediate sources, not original or direct.

   • The information was thirdhand, having been relayed by two people before reaching me.
   • He only had thirdhand knowledge of the event, as he heard it from a friend who heard it from someone else.
   • Thirdhand accounts are often less reliable than firsthand observations.

   🇵🇹De terceira mão

   Sinônimos: derivedindirectmediatedsecondhandunoriginal

   Antônimos: directoriginalprimary

• more thirdhand comparative form
• most thirdhand superlative form

An adverb meaning 'through two intermediate sources' or 'after being passed on twice.' It describes information, news, or goods that have been relayed through two intermediaries, making the original source distant or uncertain.

• 🇵🇹Advérbio que significa 'por meio de duas fontes intermediárias' ou 'após ser transmitido duas vezes'. Descreve informação, notícias ou mercadorias repassadas por dois intermediários, tornando a origem distante ou incerta.

1. By doubly indirect means C1 formal

   Received or obtained through two intermediate sources, not directly from the original.

   • I heard the news thirdhand from a friend of a friend.
   • The information was passed down thirdhand, so its accuracy is questionable.
   • He learned the story thirdhand through a series of intermediaries.

   🇵🇹Por terceiros

• more thirdhand comparative form
• most thirdhand superlative form