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source
(s/oU/rs )

noun (n)

  • the place where something begins, where it springs into being(noun.location)
    Example:
    Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River.
    Synonym:
    beginning, origin, root, rootage
    source: wordnet30
  • a document (or organization) from which information is obtained(noun.communication)
    Example:
    The reporter had two sources for the story.
    source: wordnet30
  • anything that provides inspiration for later work(noun.cognition)
    Synonym:
    germ, seed
    source: wordnet30
  • a facility where something is available(noun.artifact)
    source: wordnet30
  • a person who supplies information(noun.person)
    Synonym:
    informant
    source: wordnet30
  • someone who originates or causes or initiates something(noun.person)
    Synonym:
    author, generator
    source: wordnet30
  • (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system(noun.process)
    Example:
    A heat source.
    A source of carbon dioxide.
    Antonym:
    sink
    source: wordnet30
  • anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies(noun.object)
    Synonym:
    reservoir
    source: wordnet30
  • a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to(noun.communication)
    Example:
    He spent hours looking for the source of that quotation.
    Synonym:
    reference
    source: wordnet30
  • The act of rising; a rise; an ascent.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • get (a product) from another country or business(verb.possession)
    Example:
    She sourced a supply of carpet.
    source: wordnet30
  • specify the origin of(verb.cognition)
    Example:
    The writer carefully sourced her report.
    source: wordnet30
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