source
noun
1. the place where something begins, where it springs into being
- Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River
Similar word(s): beginning, origin, root, rootage
Definition categories: location, point
2. a document (or organization) from which information is obtained
- the reporter had two sources for the story
Definition categories: communication, document, papers
3. anything that provides inspiration for later work
Definition categories: thought, inspiration
4. a facility where something is available
Definition categories: man–made, facility, installation
5. a person who supplies information
Similar word(s): informant
Definition categories: person, communicator
6. someone who originates or causes or initiates something
Similar word(s): author, generator
Definition categories: person, maker, shaper
7. (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system
- a heat source
- a source of carbon dioxide
Definition categories: process, action, activity
8. anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies
Similar word(s): reservoir
Definition categories: object, thing
9. a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to
- he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation
Similar word(s): reference
Definition categories: communication, publication
Sentences with source as a noun:
- The accused refused to reveal the source of the illegal drugs she was selling.
- The main sources of the Euphrates River are the Karasu and Murat Rivers.
verb
1. get (a product) from another country or business
- She sourced a supply of carpet
Definition categories: possession, obtain
2. specify the origin of
- The writer carefully sourced her report