"source" noun 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" [syn: beginning (http://word.sc/beginning), origin (http://word.sc/origin), root (http://word.sc/root), rootage (http://word.sc/rootage)] a person who supplies information [syn: informant (http://word.sc/informant)] 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" [syn: reference (http://word.sc/reference)] a document (or organization) from which information is obtained; "the reporter had two sources for the story" a facility where something is available anything that provides inspiration for later work [syn: seed (http://word.sc/seed), germ (http://word.sc/germ)] someone who originates or causes or initiates something; "he was the generator of several complaints" [syn: generator (http://word.sc/generator), author (http://word.sc/author)] (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system; "a heat source"; "a source of carbon dioxide" [ant: sink (http://word.sc/sink)] 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" [syn: reservoir (http://word.sc/reservoir)] verb get (a product) from another country or business; "She sourced a supply of carpet"; "They are sourcing from smaller companies" specify the origin of; "The writer carefully sourced her report" Source: http://www.word.sc/source

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