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[ sawrs, sohrs ] SHOW IPA
/ sɔrs, soʊrs / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun 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.
SEE MORE SEE LESS verb (used with object), sourced, sourcing. 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.
verb (used without object), sourced, sourcing. 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 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
SYNONYMS FOR source 1 supplier, originator.
3 authority, reference.
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OTHER WORDS FROM source sourceful, adjective source·ful·ness, noun sourceless, adjective
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH source sauce, source Words nearby source soup up, soupy, sour, sourball, sourberry, source , source amnesia, source book, source code, source document, source language
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Example sentences from the Web for source Like many trans users, Transartist often gets used as a source of information more than anything else.
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Jettison your lawyers as a source of prison-yard guidance, Abramoff said.
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It was getting to create jokes at the source , and to get to hang out with comedians.
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This simply is not an option for ACC to source indeterminately.
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The source code for the original “Shamoon” malware is widely known to have leaked.
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A secondary result would be a considerable power development and a source of domestic water supply for southern California.
State of the Union Addresses of Calvin Coolidge | Calvin Coolidge
From no other source than the knowledge that this first proposition contains a clear conception of that which I affirm.
A History of Philosophy in Epitome | Albert Schwegler
To older people it is a source of constant surprise—the attentive interest which children bestow upon stories.
Special Method in Primary Reading and Oral Work with Stories | Charles Alexander McMurry
It is also necessary to refer to the importance of cows' milk as a source of animal food protein.
Animal Proteins | Hugh Garner Bennett
What could they be, I wondered—how fixed, and what the source of their light?
The Metal Monster | A. Merritt
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British Dictionary definitions for source noun 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
SEE MORE SEE LESS verb 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)
SEE MORE SEE LESS Word Origin for source C14: from Old French sors, from sourdre to spring forth, from Latin surgere to rise
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