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  • Definition
    • source :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|communism's Russian root

    • source :get (a product) from another country or business
      • She sourced a supply of carpet|They are sourcing from smaller companies

    • source :a document (or organization) from which information is obtained
      • the reporter had two sources for the story

    • source :specify the origin of
      • The writer carefully sourced her report

    • source :someone who originates or causes or initiates something
      • he was the generator of several complaints

    • source :(technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system
      • a heat source|a source of carbon dioxide

    • source :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

    • source :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

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