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1. (n.) source
any thing or place from which something comes or is obtained; origin.
2. source
the beginning or place of origin of a stream or river.
3. source
a book, person, document, etc., supplying esp. firsthand information.
4. source
a manufacturer or supplier.
5. source
Archaic. a natural spring or fountain.
6. (v.t.) source
to give as the source of, as a quotation.
7. source
to obtain from a given supplier.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME sours (n.) < OF sors (masc.), sourse, source (fem.), n. use of ptp. of sourdre < L surgere to spring up or forth)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) beginning, origin, root, rootage, source
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"
2. (noun) source
a document (or organization) from which information is obtained
"the reporter had two sources for the story"
3. (noun) source, seed, germ
anything that provides inspiration for later work
4. (noun) source
a facility where something is available
5. (noun) informant, source
a person who supplies information
6. (noun) generator, source, author
someone who originates or causes or initiates something
"he was the generator of several complaints"
7. (noun) source
(technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system
"a heat source"; "a source of carbon dioxide"
8. (noun) reservoir, source
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"
9. (verb) reference, source
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"
10. (verb) source
get (a product) from another country or business
"She sourced a supply of carpet"; "They are sourcing from smaller companies"
11. (verb) source
specify the origin of
"The writer carefully sourced her report"
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1. (noun) source
the cause of sth
the source of the problem
2. source
the origin or a supply of sth
Red meat is a good source of iron.
3. source
sb who gives information to journalists, the police, etc.
The information comes from a reliable source.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) SOURCE
the act of rising; a rise; an ascent
2. (noun) SOURCE
the rising from the ground, or beginning, of a stream of water or the like; a spring; a fountain
3. (noun) SOURCE
that from which anything comes forth, regarded as its cause or origin; the person from whom anything originates; first cause
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The New Hacker's Dictionary |
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1. SOURCE
[very common] In reference to software, source is invariably shorthand for
‘source code’, the preferred human-readable and
human-modifiable form of the program. This is as opposed to object code,
the derived binary executable form of a program. This shorthand readily
takes derivative forms; one may speak of “the sources of a
system” or of “having source”.
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Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms |
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1. SOURCE
1. A person, thing, or activity from which information is obtained. 2. In clandestine activities, a person (agent), normally a foreign national, in the employ of an intelligence activity for intelligence purposes. 3. In interrogation activities, any person who furnishes information, either with or without the knowledge that the information is being used for intelligence purposes. In this context, a controlled source is in the employment or under the control of the intelligence activity and knows that the information is to be used for intelligence purposes. An uncontrolled source is a voluntary contributor of information and may or may not know that the information is to be used for intelligence purposes. See also agent; collection agency.
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Sense: the place, person, circumstance, thing etc from which anything begins or comes
They have discovered the source of the trouble.
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 Afrikaans: bron |
 Arabic: مَصْدَر |
 Bulgarian: източник |
 Brazilian: fonte |
 Czech: zdroj |
 German: die Ursache |
 Danish: kilde |
 Greek: πηγή |
 Spanish: fuente, origen |
 Estonian: (alg)allikas, põhjus |
 Farsi: منبع |
 Finnish: lähde |
 French: source |
 Hebrew: מָקוֹר |
 Hindi: स्रोत |
 Croatian: izvor, povod |
 Hungarian: eredet, forrás |
 Indonesian: sumber |
 Icelandic: upptök, uppruni |
 Italian: fonte, origine, causa |
 Japanese: 源 |
 Korean: 원인 |
 Lithuanian: šaltinis, priežastis |
 Latvian: avots; izcelšanās; pirmsā |
 Malay: punca` |
 Dutch: bron |
 Norwegian: kilde, opprinnelse |
 Polish: źródło |
 Persian: منبع |
 Pashto: منبع |
 Portuguese: fonte |
 Romanian: sursă |
 Russian: источник |
 Slovak: zdroj |
 Slovenian: vir |
 Serbian: izvor |
 Swedish: källa, upphov |
 Thai: ต้นกำเนิด |
 Turkish: kaynak, neden |
 Taiwanese: 根源，來源 |
 Ukrainian: першопричина, джерело |
 Urdu: منبع، اصل |
 Vietnamese: nguồn |
 Chinese: 根源，来源 |
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