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source
(s/oU/rs
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noun (n)
- a document (or organization) from which information is obtained(noun.communication)Example:
The reporter had two sources for the story.
source: wordnet30 - a facility where something is available(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system(noun.process)Example:
A heat source.
A source of carbon dioxide.
source: wordnet30 - anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies(noun.object)source: wordnet30
- a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to(noun.communication)Example:
He spent hours looking for the source of that quotation.
source: wordnet30 - The act of rising; a rise; an ascent.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- get (a product) from another country or business(verb.possession)Example:
She sourced a supply of carpet.
source: wordnet30 - specify the origin of(verb.cognition)Example:
The writer carefully sourced her report.
source: wordnet30