thirdhand

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

• 🇷🇺Описывает информацию или товары, которые прошли через два промежуточных источника или владельца, прежде чем достигнуть текущего.

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.

   🇷🇺Из третьих рук

   Синонимы: derivedindirectmediatedsecondhandunoriginal

   Антонимы: 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.

• 🇷🇺Наречие, означающее 'через два промежуточных источника' или 'после передачи дважды'. Описывает информацию, новости или товары, которые были переданы через двух посредников, что делает первоисточник отдалённым или неопределённым.

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.

   🇷🇺Через третьи руки

• more thirdhand comparative form
• most thirdhand superlative form