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source

Dictionary definition · source

noun

  1. the place where something begins, where it springs into being"the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"
  2. a document (or organization) from which information is obtained"the reporter had two sources for the story"
  3. anything that provides inspiration for later work
  4. a facility where something is available
  5. a person who supplies information
  6. someone who originates or causes or initiates something"he was the generator of several complaints"
  7. (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system"a heat source"
  8. anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies"an infectious agent depends on a reservoir for its survival"
  9. a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to"he carried an armful of references back to his desk"

verb

  1. get (a product) from another country or business"She sourced a supply of carpet"
  2. specify the origin of"The writer carefully sourced her report"

Similar words

beginningoriginrootrootagegermseedinformantauthorgeneratorreservoir

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).