source

noun

1
a facility where something is available
2
anything that provides inspiration for later work
3
a document (or organization) from which information is obtained
the reporter had two sources for the story
4
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
5
the place where something begins, where it springs into being
the Italian beginning of the Renaissance
Jupiter was the origin of the radiation
6
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
7
someone who originates or causes or initiates something
he was the generator of several complaints
8
a person who supplies information
9
(technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system
a heat source
a source of carbon dioxide

1
specify the origin of
The writer carefully sourced her report
2
get (a product) from another country or business
She sourced a supply of carpet
They are sourcing from smaller companies

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