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noun
1.
The place where something begins, where it springs into being.  Synonyms: beginning, origin, root, rootage.  "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation" , "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River" , "Communism's Russian root"
2.
A document (or organization) from which information is obtained.
3.
Anything that provides inspiration for later work.  Synonyms: germ, seed.
4.
A facility where something is available.
5.
A person who supplies information.  Synonym: informant.
6.
Someone who originates or causes or initiates something.  Synonyms: author, generator.
7.
(technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system.  "A source of carbon dioxide"
8.
Anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies.  Synonym: reservoir.
9.
A publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to.  Synonym: reference.  "He spent hours looking for the source of that quotation"
verb
1.
Get (a product) from another country or business.  "They are sourcing from smaller companies"
2.
Specify the origin of.



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