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; communisms Russian root

[ Syn: beginning , origin , root , rootage ]

a document (or organization) from which information is obtained; the reporter had two sources for the story'

anything that provides inspiration for later work

[ Syn: seed , germ ]

a facility where something is available

a person who supplies information

[ Syn: informant ]

someone who originates or causes or initiates something; he was the generator of several complaints

[ Syn: generator , author ]

(technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system; a heat source; a source of carbon dioxide'

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 ]

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 ]

get (a product) from another country or business; She sourced a supply of carpet; They are sourcing from smaller companies'

specify the origin of; The writer carefully sourced her report'