source

Meanings

• the place where something begins, where it springs into being
  • "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"
• a document (or organization) from which information is obtained
  • "the reporter had two sources for the story"
• anything that provides inspiration for later work
• a facility where something is available
• a person who supplies information
• someone who originates or causes or initiates something
• (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system
  • "a heat source"
  • "a source of carbon dioxide"
• anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies
• a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to
  • "he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation"
• get (a product) from another country or business
  • "She sourced a supply of carpet"
• specify the origin of
  • "The writer carefully sourced her report"

Synonyms

author, beginning, generator, germ, informant, origin, reference, reservoir, root, rootage, seed