Meaning & Definition of Source in English

1. 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"

2. A document (or organization) from which information is obtained

• "The reporter had two sources for the story"

3. Anything that provides inspiration for later work

4. A facility where something is available

5. A person who supplies information

6. Someone who originates or causes or initiates something

• "He was the generator of several complaints"

7. (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system

• "A heat source"

• "A source of carbon dioxide"

8. 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"

9. 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"

1. Get (a product) from another country or business

• "She sourced a supply of carpet"

• "They are sourcing from smaller companies"

2. Specify the origin of

• "The writer carefully sourced her report"