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a facility where something is available
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noun
a facility where something is available
noun
anything that provides inspiration for later work
noun
a document (or organization) from which information is obtained
“the reporter had two sources for the story”
noun
a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to
“he carried an armful of references back to his desk”
noun
the place where something begins, where it springs into being
“the Italian beginning of the Renaissance”
noun
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”
noun
someone who originates or causes or initiates something
“he was the generator of several complaints”
noun
a person who supplies information
noun
(technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system
“a heat source”
verb
specify the origin of
“The writer carefully sourced her report”
verb
get (a product) from another country or business
“She sourced a supply of carpet”
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the reporter had two sources for the story
he carried an armful of references back to his desk
he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation
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
an infectious agent depends on a reservoir for its survival
he was the generator of several complaints
a heat source
a source of carbon dioxide
The writer carefully sourced her report
She sourced a supply of carpet
They are sourcing from smaller companies
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