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Definitions for Source

[1] any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Which foods are sources of calcium?
[2] the beginning or place of origin of a stream or river.
[3] a book, statement, person, etc., supplying information.
[4] the person or business making interest or dividend payments.
[5] a manufacturer or supplier.
[6] Archaic . a natural spring or fountain.
[7] to give or trace the source for: The research paper was not accurately sourced. The statement was sourced to the secretary of state.
[8] to find or acquire a source, especially a supplier, for: Some of the components are now sourced in Hong Kong.
[9] to contract a manufacturer or supplier: Many large companies are now sourcing overseas.
[10] to seek information about or consider possible options, available personnel, or the like: a job recruiter who was merely sourcing.
[11] the point or place from which something originates
[12] 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
[13] a person, group, etc, that creates, issues, or originates something the source of a complaint
[14] any person, book, organization, etc, from which information, evidence, etc, is obtained (as modifier ) source material
[15] anything, such as a story or work of art, that provides a model or inspiration for a later work
[16] electronics the electrode region in a field-effect transistor from which majority carriers flow into the interelectrode conductivity channel
[17] at source at the point of origin
[18] to determine the source of a news report or story
[19] (tr foll by from ) to originate from
[20] (tr) to establish an originator or source of (a product, piece of information, etc)

Words related to Source

origin, cause, authority, expert, dawning, spring, rising, dawn, informant, wellspring, birthplace, author, provenance, father, onset, start, fountain, fountainhead, originator, specialist

Words nearby Source

sour orange, sour salt, sour-milk cheese, sourball, sourberry, source, source amnesia, source book, source code, source document, source language

Origin of Source

1300–50; Middle English sours (noun) < Old French sors (masculine), sourse, source (feminine), noun use of past participle of sourdre < Latin surgere to spring up or forth

Words that may be confused with Source

sauce, source

Other words from Source

source·ful , adjective
source·ful·ness , noun
source·less , adjective

Word origin for Source

C14: from Old French sors, from sourdre to spring forth, from Latin surgere to rise

Synonyms for Source

authority, cause, expert, origin, antecedent, author, authorship, begetter, birthplace, commencement, connection, dawn, dawning, derivation, determinant, father, fount, fountain, fountainhead, inception, informant, maternity, mother, onset, opening, origination, originator, parent, paternity, provenance, provenience, rise, rising, root, specialist, spring, start, wellspring, horse's mouth, starting point