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source

/ source /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a facility where something is available
Type of:
facility installation
Kinds of:
Golconda goldmine gold mine
verb Sense 2
specify the origin of
"The writer carefully sourced her report"
Type of:
document
Derived:
reference
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
noun Sense 3
(technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system
"a heat source"
"a source of carbon dioxide"
Opposites:
sink
Type of:
natural process natural action action
Domain:
engineering engineering science applied science
verb Sense 4
get (a product) from another country or business
"She sourced a supply of carpet"
"They are sourcing from smaller companies"
Type of:
obtain
Kinds of:
outsource
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
noun Sense 5
a document (or organization) from which information is obtained
"the reporter had two sources for the story"
Type of:
document written document papers
Kinds of:
source materials well wellspring fountainhead
noun Sense 6
anything that provides inspiration for later work
Type of:
inspiration
Kinds of:
taproot muse
Derived:
evolve germinate develop
noun Sense 7
a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to
"he carried an armful of references back to his desk"
"he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation"
Type of:
publication
Derived:
reference cite consult refer look up
noun Sense 8
someone who originates or causes or initiates something
"he was the generator of several complaints"
Type of:
maker shaper
Kinds of:
coiner
Derived:
generate bring forth
noun Sense 9
a person who supplies information
Type of:
communicator
Kinds of:
informer betrayer rat squealer blabber
Derived:
inform
noun Sense 10
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"
Type of:
thing
noun Sense 11
the place where something begins, where it springs into being
"the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"
"Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"
"Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"
"communism''s Russian root"
Type of:
point
Kinds of:
derivation spring fountainhead headspring head
Derived:
root originate
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
11
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
53
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

facility installation Golconda goldmine gold mine document natural process natural action action sink obtain outsource