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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The point at which something springs into being or from which it derives or is obtained.
  • n. The point of origin, such as a spring, of a stream or river. See Synonyms at origin.
  • n. One that causes, creates, or initiates; a maker.
  • n. One, such as a person or document, that supplies information: A reporter is only as reliable as his or her sources.
  • n. Physics The point or part of a system where energy or mass is added to the system.
  • v. To specify the origin of (a communication); document: The report is thoroughly sourced.
  • v. To obtain (parts or materials) from another business, country, or locale for manufacture: They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.
  • verb-intransitive. To obtain parts or materials from another business, country, or locale: They are sourcing from abroad in order to save money.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The person, place, or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
  • n. Spring; fountainhead; wellhead; any collection of water on or under the surface of the ground in which a stream originates.
  • n. A reporter's informant.
  • n. Source code.
  • n. The name of one terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
  • v. To obtain or procure: used especially of a business resource.
  • v. To find information about (a quotation)'s source (from which it comes): to find a citation for.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of rising; a rise; an ascent.
  • n. The rising from the ground, or beginning, of a stream of water or the like; a spring; a fountain.
  • n. That from which anything comes forth, regarded as its cause or origin; the person from whom anything originates; first cause.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A rising; a rise; a soaring.
  • n. A spring; a fountainhead; a wellhead; any collection of water on or under the surface of the ground in which a stream originates.
  • n. A first cause; an origin; one who or that which originates or gives rise to anything.
  • To rise, as a hawk; swoop; in general, to swoop down; plunge; sink; souse. See souse.
  • To spring; take rise.
  • To plunge down; souse.
  • n. In geometry, a place of transition from space of n ± 1 into space of n dimensions.
  • n. In electricity: That point or region in an electric circuit at which abrupt difference of potential exists so that current flows from it on one side through the circuit and toward it through the circuit from the other side. Thus a dynamo generator, a voltaic cell, or a charged condenser is a source of current in the circuit in which they are placed.
  • n. In the case of current flow in plane sheets, a point at which the current enters the sheet.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system
  • v. get (a product) from another country or business
  • n. a person who supplies information
  • n. anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies
  • n. a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to
  • v. specify the origin of
  • n. the place where something begins, where it springs into being
  • n. a facility where something is available
  • n. anything that provides inspiration for later work
  • n. someone who originates or causes or initiates something
  • n. a document (or organization) from which information is obtained
  • Verb Form
    sourced    sources    sourcing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    thing    publication    document   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    origin    rise    ascent    spring    fountain   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Corse    Force    Morse    Norse    bourse    coarse    corse    course    divorce    endorse   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    element    level    data    resource    development    cause