source
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noun
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.
verb (used with object)
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.
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verb (used without object)
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.
Origin:
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
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
Related forms
source·ful, adjective
source·ful·ness, noun
source·less, adjective
Synonyms
1. supplier, originator. 3. authority, reference.
1. supplier, originator. 3. authority, reference.
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| —n | |
| 1. | the point or place from which something originates |
| 2. | a. a spring that forms the starting point of a stream; headspring |
| b. the area where the headwaters of a river rise: the source of the Nile | |
| 3. | a person, group, etc, that creates, issues, or originates something: the source of a complaint |
| 4. | a. any person, book, organization, etc, from which information, evidence, etc, is obtained |
| b. (as modifier): source material | |
| 5. | anything, such as a story or work of art, that provides a model or inspiration for a later work |
| 6. | electronics the electrode region in a field-effect transistor from which majority carriers flow into the interelectrode conductivity channel |
| 7. | at source at the point of origin |
| —vb (foll by from) | |
| 8. | to determine the source of a news report or story |
| 9. | to originate from |
| 10. | (tr) to establish an originator or source of (a product, piece of information, etc) |
| [C14: from Old French sors, from sourdre to spring forth, from Latin surgere to rise] | |
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Word Origin & History
source
1346, from O.Fr. sourse "a rising, beginning, fountainhead of a river or stream," fem. noun taken from pp. of sourdre "to rise, spring up," from L. surgere "to rise" (see surge). Meaning "written work (later also a person) supplying information or evidence" is from 1788.
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Example sentences
Point of fact, the fission process is likely the source of the heat discussed in the article.
And the larger your income, no matter the source, the less payroll taxes figure as part of your overall federal tax burden.
These firms have patient shareholders who see oil as a matter of national security rather than a source of profits.
Many of the nation's smaller papers have their own advantage-they're the only news source in town-and many are thriving.
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