Meaning

2 senses
  1. A written commentary which discusses previously produced original work of another author, especially a notable author.

  2. A study of past events or a past author written from the perspective of a later period of time; a document that draws on one or more historical primary sources and interprets or analyses them, including documents such as newspapers whose accuracy is open to question.

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Examples

2 sentences
  1. He got all his information from secondary sources.

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  2. When writing a dissertation, it is important to heavily scrutinise your secondary sources.

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Translations

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By meaning 1
(historiography) document that draws on primary sources:
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