What does source mean?
Definitions for source
sɔrs, soʊrssource
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word source.
Princeton's WordNet
beginning, origin, root, rootage, sourcenoun
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"
sourcenoun
a document (or organization) from which information is obtained
"the reporter had two sources for the story"
source, seed, germnoun
anything that provides inspiration for later work
sourcenoun
a facility where something is available
informant, sourcenoun
a person who supplies information
generator, source, authornoun
someone who originates or causes or initiates something
"he was the generator of several complaints"
sourcenoun
(technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system
"a heat source"; "a source of carbon dioxide"
reservoir, sourcenoun
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, sourceverb
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"
sourceverb
get (a product) from another country or business
"She sourced a supply of carpet"; "They are sourcing from smaller companies"
sourceverb
specify the origin of
"The writer carefully sourced her report"
Wiktionary
sourcenoun
The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
sourcenoun
Spring; fountainhead; wellhead; any collection of water on or under the surface of the ground in which a stream originates.
sourcenoun
A reporter's informant.
sourcenoun
Source code.
sourcenoun
The name of one terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
sourceverb
To obtain or procure:
sourceverb
To find information about (a quotation)'s source : to find a citation for.
Etymology: From sours, from sorse, from sors, past participle of sordre, sourdre, from surgere; see surge. Compare sourd
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Sourcenoun
Etymology: source, French.
Kings that rule
Behind the hidden sources of the Nile. Joseph Addison, Cato.This second source of men, while yet but few,
With some regard to what is just and right,
Shall lead their lives. John Milton, Parad. Lost.This is the true source and original of this mischief. South.
Of himself is none;
But that eternal Infinite, and One,
Who never did begin, who ne’er can end,
On him all beings, as their source, depend. Dryden.Famous Greece,
That source of art and cultivated thought,
Which they to Rome, and Romans hither brought. Edmund Waller.
ChatGPT
source
A source is a point of origin or supply from which something is obtained or derived. This can refer to a variety of contexts such as a person who provides information, a document from which information is extracted, a physical basis of a river or stream, or a device that generates energy or power.
Webster Dictionary
Sourcenoun
the act of rising; a rise; an ascent
Sourcenoun
the rising from the ground, or beginning, of a stream of water or the like; a spring; a fountain
Sourcenoun
that from which anything comes forth, regarded as its cause or origin; the person from whom anything originates; first cause
Wikidata
Source
Zdroj is a 2005 Czech documentary directed by Martin Mareček and written by Martin Mareček and Martin Skalský. The film explores the civil rights abuses by the Ilham Aliyev regime of Azerbaijan during the construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, such as eminent domain violations in appropriating land for the pipeline's route, and criticism of the government leading to arrest.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Source
sōrs, n. that from which anything rises or originates: origin: the spring from which a stream flows. [O. Fr. sorse (Fr. source), from sourdre (It. sorgere)—L. surgĕre, to raise up, to rise.]
The New Hacker's Dictionary
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”.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
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.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
source
The spring or origin of a stream or river, or at least one of the tributaries of supply.
Editors Contribution
source
The known origin.
The source of the water was found in the mountains and a joyous sight to the eyes of the community.
Submitted by MaryC on March 17, 2020
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'source' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1080
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'source' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2986
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'source' in Nouns Frequency: #252
Anagrams for source »
cerous
'course
course
crouse
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of source in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of source in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of source in a Sentence
Generally, I think the farmer who partners with us to build a finishing barn is looking to diversify their source of farm income.
As metro Atlanta [ grows ], as Georgia grows, as the South grows, we have a greater dependency on water, we have what is estimated in the next10 years another million people that will come to this region, and we’re still using the same source of water.
He told me, I need to thank you, because I thought that everyone is born once and dies once. But during that match, I was born and died 15 or 16 times, i collapsed and got back up. I collapsed and got back up. That match point. Those other chances. I was down then I came back. Its a great source of pride for me.
However far the stream flows, it never forgets its source.
I'm encouraged that they've opened a full investigation to learn the source and purpose of the drones.
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- مصدر, كود مصدري, مَصْدَر, مصادرArabic
- qaynaqAzerbaijani
- zdrojCzech
- udspring, kildeDanish
- belegen, Ursprung, Quelle, Quellcode, beziehen, QuellkodeGerman
- πηγή, πηγαίος κώδικαςGreek
- fontoEsperanto
- fontana, fuente, código fuenteSpanish
- منبعPersian
- lähde, hankkiaFinnish
- source, code source, sourcesFrench
- boarneWestern Frisian
- foinseIrish
- stòrScottish Gaelic
- स्रोतHindi
- sousHaitian Creole
- forráskód, forrás, eredet, beszerezHungarian
- աղբյուր, ակունք, ակArmenian
- sumberIndonesian
- codice sorgente, fonte, sorgente, tirare fuoriItalian
- 本源, 泉, 源泉Japanese
- 출처Korean
- کانگه, سهرچاوه, kanîKurdish
- sourceLatin
- Quellen, QuellLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- šaltinisLithuanian
- avotsLatvian
- kopounga, hōkikitanga, mātāwai, tāuru, mātāpunaMāori
- sumberMalay
- bronDutch
- kildekodeNorwegian
- zdrój, źródło, kod źródłowyPolish
- fonte, nascente, cabeceira, código-fonte, exsurgência, origemPortuguese
- pukyuQuechua
- izvor, fântână, sursăRomanian
- источник, исходник, ключ, исходный код, истокRussian
- källa, fontän, ursprung, källkodSwedish
- மூலTamil
- แหล่งThai
- kaynak koduTurkish
- 源Chinese
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