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Syllabification: (source)

Pronunciation: /sôrs/

Definition of source

a place, person, or thing from which something comes or can be obtained:mackerel is a good source of fish oil
a spring or fountainhead from which a river or stream issues:the source of the Nile
a person who provides information:military sources announced a reduction in strategic nuclear weapons
a book or document used to provide evidence in research.
technical a body or process by which energy or a particular component enters a system. The opposite of sink².
Electronics a part of a field-effect transistor from which carriers flow into the inter-electrode channel.

[with object]

obtain from a particular source:each type of coffee is sourced from one country
find out where (something) can be obtained:she was called upon to source a supply of carpet

Phrases

at source: chiefly British at the point of origin or issue:reduction of pollution at source; used to show that an amount is deducted from earnings or other payments before they are made:your pension contribution will be deducted at source

late Middle English: from Old French sours(e), past participle of sourdre 'to rise', from Latin surgere

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