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
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. (noun)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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