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source

  • noun
  • /sɔːs/

The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.

Example

“The accused refused to reveal the source of the illegal drugs she was selling.”

Other meanings

  1. Spring; fountainhead; wellhead; any collection of water on or under the surface of the ground in which a stream originates.

    “The main sources of the Euphrates River are the Karasu and Murat Rivers.”

  2. A reporter's informant.

Synonyms

  • beginning
  • origin
  • root

Related words

  • backsource
  • biosource
  • eigensource
  • InnerSource
  • insource
  • intersource
  • microsource
  • multisource
  • nanosource
  • paleosource
  • sourcebook
  • sourcehood

Example sentences

  • “I'm going to need a source for that.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

  • “Do you seek knowledge from every source?”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

  • “Is it free and open source?”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Word history

From Latin "surgō" (to rise).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “source” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.