Definitions for sources
sources

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1. sourcesnoun

   Plural noun of source.

   The sources of the research were identified and cited in the report to ensure clarity and understanding of why the researcher made his conclusions based on the facts.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 11, 2016  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'sources' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1520

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'sources' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4122

Anagrams for sources »

1. courses

2. Croesus

3. Crœsus

4. Scouser

5. scouser

6. sucrose

How to pronounce sources?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say sources in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sources in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sources in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of sources in a Sentence

1. Boris Johnson:

   She thought in particular that we in Britain should be less dependent on Russian hyrdrocarbons and she thought we should get on with seeking alternative sources, her general anxiety was that Putin, if unchallenged and unchecked, would continue to expand his influence in the perimeter of what was the Soviet Union. I was very, very struck by that.

2. Jeffrey Goldberg:

   We all have to use anonymous sources, especially in a climate where the president of the United States tries to actively intimidate, these are not people who are anonymous to me.

3. James Comey:

   To my mind it crosses a line when it moves from being about trying to educate a public and instead just becomes about intelligence porn, frankly, just pushing out information about sources and methods without regard to interest, without regard to the First Amendment values that normally underlie press reporting, and simply becomes a conduit for the Russian intelligence services or some other adversary of the United States.

4. Tom Rooney:

   That assumes we will immediately turn and leak that information, which would jeopardize potentially sources and methods.

5. Sean Esteban McCabe:

   We know that the two biggest sources are leftover medications, perhaps from family members such as siblings, and asking peers, who may attend other schools.

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