secondary source

[se-kuhnd-eree sawrs]

noun

1. a description based on a first-hand account, often of a historical event.

2. an analysis of or commentary on a literary work or piece of art.

Example Sentences

Gone are competitive purses because of the lack of a secondary source of income such as casino gambling.

From Los Angeles Times

Although Judt clearly relied on a vast body of primary and secondary sources to write it, most of that stays behind the curtain of his own confident pronouncements about what happened and why.

From New York Times

And so he heads into the past, writing his father’s story using his parents’ love letters as primary texts and corroborating with a host of secondary sources.

From Seattle Times

It is using secondary sources and does not cite them.

From Seattle Times

The state has encouraged communities to secure secondary sources of water, but that’s easier said than done, according to Nathan Westrup, manager of the Kansas Water Office’s public water supply programs.

From Seattle Times