Definitions for sourcesɔrs, soʊrs

sourcesɔrs, soʊrs(n.; v.)sourced, sourc•ing.

1300–50; ME sours (n.) < OF sors (masc.), sourse, source (fem.), n. use of ptp. of sourdre < L surgere to spring up or forth

source′less(adj.)

beginning, origin, root, rootage, source(noun)
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"
source(noun)
a document (or organization) from which information is obtained
"the reporter had two sources for the story"
source, seed, germ(noun)
anything that provides inspiration for later work
source(noun)
a facility where something is available
informant, source(noun)
a person who supplies information
generator, source, author(noun)
someone who originates or causes or initiates something
"he was the generator of several complaints"
source(noun)
(technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system
"a heat source"; "a source of carbon dioxide"
reservoir, source(noun)
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"
reference, source(verb)
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"
source(verb)
get (a product) from another country or business
"She sourced a supply of carpet"; "They are sourcing from smaller companies"
source(verb)
specify the origin of
"The writer carefully sourced her report"

source(noun)ɔrs, soʊrs
the cause of sth
the source of the problem
sourceɔrs, soʊrs
the origin or a supply of sth
Red meat is a good source of iron.
sourceɔrs, soʊrs
sb who gives information to journalists, the police, etc.
The information comes from a reliable source.

source(Noun)
The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
source(Noun)
Spring; fountainhead; wellhead; any collection of water on or under the surface of the ground in which a stream originates.
source(Noun)
A reporter's informant.
source(Noun)
Source code.
source(Noun)
The name of one terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
source(Verb)
To obtain or procure:
source(Verb)
To find information about (a quotation)'s source : to find a citation for.

Origin: From sours, from sorse, from sors, past participle of sordre, sourdre, from surgere; see surge. Compare sourd

Source(noun)
the act of rising; a rise; an ascent
Source(noun)
the rising from the ground, or beginning, of a stream of water or the like; a spring; a fountain
Source(noun)
that from which anything comes forth, regarded as its cause or origin; the person from whom anything originates; first cause

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”.

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.