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Source Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Source? [n] a facility where something is available [n] anything that provides inspiration for later work [n] a document (or organization) from which information is obtained; "the reporter had two sources for the story" [n] 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" [n] 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" [n] someone who originates or causes or initiates something; "he was the generator of several complaints" [n] a person who supplies information Synonyms \| Synonyms for Source: author \| beginning \| generator \| germ \| informant \| origin \| reference \| root \| rootage \| seed Related Terms \| Find terms related to Source: See Also \| betrayer \| birthplace \| blabber \| coiner \| communicator \| cradle \| derivation \| document \| facility \| fountainhead \| fountainhead \| Golconda \| gold mine \| goldmine \| head \| headspring \| headwaters \| home \| informer \| inspiration \| installation \| jumping-off place \| jumping-off point \| leaker \| maker \| muse \| papers \| place of origin \| point \| point source \| provenance \| publication \| rat \| shaper \| source materials \| spring \| squealer \| trail head \| well \| wellhead \| wellspring \| wellspring \| written document Source In Webster's Dictionary \Source\, n. [OE. sours, OF. sourse, surse, sorse, F. source, fr. OF. sors, p. p. of OF. sordre, surdre, sourdre, to spring forth or up, F. sourdre, fr. L. surgere to lift or raise up, to spring up. See {Surge}, and cf. {Souse} to plunge or swoop as a bird upon its prey.] 1. The act of rising; a rise; an ascent. [Obs.] Therefore right as an hawk upon a sours Up springeth into the air, right so prayers . . . Maken their sours to Goddes ears two. --Chaucer. 2. The rising from the ground, or beginning, of a stream of water or the like; a spring; a fountain. Where as the Poo out of a welle small Taketh his firste springing and his sours. --Chaucer. Kings that rule Behind the hidden sources of the Nile. --Addison. 3. That from which anything comes forth, regarded as its cause or origin; the person from whom anything originates; first cause. This source of ideas every man has wholly in himself. --Locke. The source of Newton's light, of Bacon's sense. --Pope. Syn: See {Origin}.

Source Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Source?

[n] a facility where something is available
[n] anything that provides inspiration for later work
[n] a document (or organization) from which information is obtained; "the reporter had two sources for the story"
[n] 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"
[n] 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"
[n] someone who originates or causes or initiates something; "he was the generator of several complaints"
[n] a person who supplies information

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Source In Webster's Dictionary

\Source\, n. [OE. sours, OF. sourse, surse, sorse, F.
source, fr. OF. sors, p. p. of OF. sordre, surdre, sourdre,
to spring forth or up, F. sourdre, fr. L. surgere to lift or
raise up, to spring up. See {Surge}, and cf. {Souse} to
plunge or swoop as a bird upon its prey.]
1. The act of rising; a rise; an ascent. [Obs.]

         Therefore right as an hawk upon a sours Up springeth
         into the air, right so prayers . . . Maken their
         sours to Goddes ears two.             --Chaucer.

2. The rising from the ground, or beginning, of a stream of
   water or the like; a spring; a fountain.

         Where as the Poo out of a welle small Taketh his
         firste springing and his sours.       --Chaucer.

         Kings that rule Behind the hidden sources of the
         Nile.                                 --Addison.

3. That from which anything comes forth, regarded as its
   cause or origin; the person from whom anything originates;
   first cause.

         This source of ideas every man has wholly in
         himself.                              --Locke.

         The source of Newton's light, of Bacon's sense.
                                               --Pope.

Syn: See {Origin}.

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