source
any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Which foods are sources of calcium?
the beginning or place of origin of a stream or river.
a book, statement, person, etc., supplying information.
the person or business making interest or dividend payments.
a manufacturer or supplier.
Archaic. a natural spring or fountain.
to give or trace the source for: The research paper was not accurately sourced.The statement was sourced to the secretary of state.
to find or acquire a source, especially a supplier, for: Some of the components are now sourced in Hong Kong.
to contract a manufacturer or supplier: Many large companies are now sourcing overseas.
to seek information about or consider possible options, available personnel, or the like: a job recruiter who was merely sourcing.
Origin of source
1Other words for source
Other words from source
- sourceful, adjective
- source·ful·ness, noun
- sourceless, adjective
Words that may be confused with source
- sauce, source
Words Nearby source
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How to use source in a sentence
Together, these eyes in the sky offered enough information to track down the flare’s source.
Exploding neutron star proves to be energy standout of the cosmos | Lisa Grossman | February 12, 2021 | Science News For StudentsOther Stonehenge stones, such as the iconic, massive boulders known as sarsen stones, came from local sources.
Stonehenge may have had roots in a Welsh stone circle | Bruce Bower | February 12, 2021 | Science NewsCompanies will have the real thing, straight from the source.
Can privacy coexist with technology that reads and changes brain activity? | Laura Sanders | February 11, 2021 | Science NewsThe pandemic didn’t create this source of anxiety in teens, but it might be making it more relentless.
The steady source allows Metro to sell bonds, get large sums of money upfront for projects and pay back the bonds with the dedicated subsidy streams.
Metro seeks bond sales to raise $360 million for capital projects | Justin George | February 10, 2021 | Washington Post
Like many trans users, Transartist often gets used as a source of information more than anything else.
According to a Yemeni intelligence source, Saïd met with the notorious U.S. preacher Anwar al Awlaki.
Jettison your lawyers as a source of prison-yard guidance, Abramoff said.
Abramoff’s Advice for Virginia’s New Jailhouse Guv | Tim Mak, Jackie Kucinich | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTShe claims the FBI tried to enlist her as a cooperating source in their investigation.
An Informant, a Missing American, and Juarez’s House of Death: Inside the 12-Year Cold Case of David Castro | Bill Conroy | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was getting to create jokes at the source, and to get to hang out with comedians.
Patton Oswalt on Fighting Conservatives With Satire | William O’Connor | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe old earl's property, the source of his wealth, as from his title the reader will have shrewdly guessed, was in collieries.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsAn extraordinary eruption of mount Vesuvius commenced, which in ten days had advanced ten miles from its original source.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellThat Lawrence, whom he looked upon almost as a son, should take up arms against the South was to him a source of endless regret.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnFrom this one source of misery, where was a promise or a chance of a final rescue?
Their usual source is the deeper layers of the urinary tract, especially of the bladder.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell Todd
British Dictionary definitions for source
/ (sɔːs) /
the point or place from which something originates
a spring that forms the starting point of a stream; headspring
the area where the headwaters of a river rise: the source of the Nile
a person, group, etc, that creates, issues, or originates something: the source of a complaint
any person, book, organization, etc, from which information, evidence, etc, is obtained
(as modifier): source material
anything, such as a story or work of art, that provides a model or inspiration for a later work
electronics the electrode region in a field-effect transistor from which majority carriers flow into the interelectrode conductivity channel
at source at the point of origin
to determine the source of a news report or story
(tr foll by from) to originate from
(tr) to establish an originator or source of (a product, piece of information, etc)
Origin of source
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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