source
— Noun
– English
~ 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
– English
~ 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
— Noun
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~ 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"
source
— Verb
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~ get (a product) from another country or business; "She sourced a supply of carpet"; "They are sourcing from smaller companies"
source
— Verb
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~ specify the origin of; "The writer carefully sourced her report"