Source - Definition

n 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" [syn:
beginning, origin, root, rootage, source]
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 [syn:
source, seed, germ]
4: a facility where something is available
5: a person who supplies information [syn: informant,
source]
6: someone who originates or causes or initiates something; "he
was the generator of several complaints" [syn: generator,
source, author]
7: (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters
a system; "a heat source"; "a source of carbon dioxide" [ant:
sink]
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"
[syn: reservoir, source]
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" [syn: reference, source]
v 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"