source
1. the place where something begins, where it springs into being (Freq. 34)
- 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
• Syn:
beginning, origin, root, rootage
• Derivationally related forms:
root (for: rootage), root (for: root), originate (for: origin)
• Hypernyms:
point
• Hyponyms:
derivation, spring, fountainhead, headspring, head,
headwater, wellhead, wellspring, jumping-off place, point of departure, birthplace,
cradle, place of origin, provenance, provenience, home, point source,
trail head, trailhead
2. a document (or organization) from which information is obtained (Freq. 12)
- the reporter had two sources for the story
• Hypernyms:
document, written document, papers
• Hyponyms:
source materials, well, wellspring, fountainhead
3. anything that provides inspiration for later work (Freq. 12)
• Syn:
seed, germ
• Derivationally related forms:
germinal (for: germ), germinate (for: germ)
• Hypernyms:
inspiration
• Hyponyms:
taproot, muse
4. a facility where something is available (Freq. 8)
• Hypernyms:
facility, installation
• Hyponyms:
Golconda, goldmine, gold mine
5. a person who supplies information (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
informant
• Derivationally related forms:
inform (for: informant)
• Hypernyms:
communicator
• Hyponyms:
informer, betrayer, rat, squealer, blabber,
leaker, passive source, whistle blower, whistle-blower, whistleblower
6. someone who originates or causes or initiates something (Freq. 1)
- he was the generator of several complaints
• Syn:
generator, author
• Derivationally related forms:
auctorial (for: author), authorship (for: author), generate (for: generator)
• Hypernyms:
maker, shaper
• Hyponyms:
coiner
7. (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system
- a heat source
- a source of carbon dioxide
• Ant:
sink
• Topics:
engineering, engineering science, applied science, technology
• Hypernyms:
natural process, natural action, action, activity
• Hyponyms:
origin
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
• Syn:
reservoir
• Hypernyms:
thing
9. 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
• Syn:
reference
• Derivationally related forms:
reference (for: reference), refer (for: reference)
• Hypernyms:
publication
1. get (a product) from another country or business
- She sourced a supply of carpet
- They are sourcing from smaller companies
• Hypernyms:
obtain
• Hyponyms:
outsource
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
2. specify the origin of
- The writer carefully sourced her report
• Hypernyms:
document
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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