Source Meaning

There are 11 meaning(s) for word Source

Meaning 1 : a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to

    Example : he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation

    Synonyms : reference
Meaning 2 : someone who originates or causes or initiates something

    Synonyms : author,  generator
Meaning 3 : anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies

    Synonyms : reservoir
Meaning 4 : the place where something begins, where it springs into being

    Example : Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River

    Synonyms : beginning,  origin,  root,  rootage
Meaning 5 : anything that provides inspiration for later work

    Synonyms : germ,  seed
Meaning 6 : a person who supplies information

    Synonyms : informant
Meaning 7 : a document (or organization) from which information is obtained

    Example : the reporter had two sources for the story

Meaning 8 : a facility where something is available

Meaning 9 : get (a product) from another country or business

    Example : She sourced a supply of carpet

Meaning 10 : specify the origin of

    Example : The writer carefully sourced her report

Meaning 11 : (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system

    Example : a heat source,a source of carbon dioxide

Source Antonyms

How to Pronounce Source

  • soʊrs