source

Meaning

Noun

1. The person, place, or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
2. Spring; fountainhead; wellhead; any collection of water on or under the surface of the ground in which a stream originates.
3. A reporter's informant.
4. Source code.
5. The name of one terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
6. A node in a directed graph whose edges all go out from it; one with no entering edges.
7. The domain of a function; the object which a morphism points from.

Verb

1. To obtain or procure: used especially of a business resource.
2. (transitive) To find information about (a quotation)'s source (from which it comes): to find a citation for.

Synonyms

origin

spring

cause

root

beginning

fountain

⛲

fountainhead

basis

foundation

base

derivation

fount

well

reason

seed

provenance

principle

authority

wellspring

starting point

head

core

informant

reference

birthplace

descent

genesis

original

rise

origination

centre

𐑅𐐬𐑉𐑅

author

parent

fountain-head

birth

rootage

place of origin

race

reservoir

clan

progenitor

ancestor

originate

channel

progeny

resources

family

👪

informer

emanation

Translations

source

Quelle

fuente

fonte

bron

sorgente

fonte

πηγή

manantial

origine

Ursprung

origen

nascente

kaynak

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sɔːs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: sours

In summary

From Middle English sours, from Old French sorse (“rise, beginning, spring, source”), from sors, past participle of sordre, sourdre, from Latin surgō (“to rise”), which is composed of sub- (“up from below”) + regō (“lead, rule”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti (“to straighten; right”), from the root *h₃reǵ-. Doublet of surge.

Sentences

Can you find me The Source Family novel ?

These stores are sometimes a source of financial support for educational institutions .