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English to English noun
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the place where something begins, where it springs into being |  | Example: 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
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a document (or organization) from which information is obtained | | Example: the reporter had two sources for the story
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anything that provides inspiration for later work | | source: wordnet30
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a facility where something is available | | source: wordnet30
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a person who supplies information | | source: wordnet30
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someone who originates or causes or initiates something | | Example: he was the generator of several complaints
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(technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system | | Example: a heat source
a source of carbon dioxide
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anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies | | Example: an infectious agent depends on a reservoir for its survival
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a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to | | Example: he carried an armful of references back to his desk
he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation
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The act of rising; a rise; an ascent. | | source: webster1913 verb
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get (a product) from another country or business | | Example: She sourced a supply of carpet
They are sourcing from smaller companies
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specify the origin of | | Example: The writer carefully sourced her report
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