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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sourc•ing (sôr′sing, sōr′-),USA pronunciation n. [Econ.]- Economics, Businessthe buying of components of a product from an outside supplier, often one located abroad:Foreign sourcing in the auto industry has eliminated jobs.Cf. outsourcing.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024source /sɔrs/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- any thing or place from which something comes or is obtained;
origin:He is the source of most of the discontent in the office. - the beginning or place of origin of a stream or river.
- a book, person, document, etc., supplying esp. firsthand information:Good newspaper reporters always double-check their sources.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024source (sôrs, sōrs),USA pronunciation n., v., sourced, sourcing. n. - 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.
v.t. - 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, esp. a supplier, for:Some of the components are now sourced in Hong Kong.
v.i. - 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.
- Latin surgere to spring up or forth
- Old French sors (masculine), sourse, source (feminine), noun, nominal use of past participle of sourdre
- Middle English sours (noun, nominal) 1300–50
source′ful, adj. source′ful•ness, n. source′less, adj. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged supplier, originator.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged authority, reference.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: source /sɔːs/ n - 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
- 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
- at source ⇒ at the point of origin
vb - to determine the source of a news report or story
- (transitive) followed by from: to originate from
- (transitive) to establish an originator or source of (a product, piece of information, etc)
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French sors, from sourdre to spring forth, from Latin surgere to rise |