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[ UK /sˈɔːs/ ]
[ US /ˈsɔɹs/ ]
NOUN
  1. a facility where something is available
  2. a person who supplies information
  3. (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system
    a source of carbon dioxide
    a heat source
  4. the place where something begins, where it springs into being
    communism's Russian root
    Jupiter was the origin of the radiation
    the Italian beginning of the Renaissance
    Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River
  5. a document (or organization) from which information is obtained
    the reporter had two sources for the story
  6. someone who originates or causes or initiates something
    he was the generator of several complaints
  7. 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
  8. anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies
    an infectious agent depends on a reservoir for its survival
  9. anything that provides inspiration for later work
VERB
  1. get (a product) from another country or business
    They are sourcing from smaller companies
    She sourced a supply of carpet
  2. specify the origin of
    The writer carefully sourced her report

How To Use source In A Sentence

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  • Acronyms or abbreviations can confuse a client who is looking for the business in a resource listing.
  • The remaining three evolutionary forces are nonadaptive in the sense that they are not a function of the fitness properties of individuals: mutation is the ultimate source of variation on which natural selection acts, recombination assorts variation within and among chromosomes, and genetic drift ensures that gene frequencies will deviate a bit from generation to generation independent of other forces. A Disclaimer for Behe?
  • Well, the good news is a few weeks ago they were talking about it being the main source of law, so there has been some concession there, which the Iraqi women leaders have been fighting for.
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  • The internet is an extremely valuable resource giving access to the latest research on pain management.
  • All information contained herein is gathered from sources we believe to be reliable.
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