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Synonyms for source
sɔrs, soʊrs
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Princeton's WordNet
beginning, origin, root, rootage, 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"
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extraction, start, get-go, showtime, seed, parentage, ascendent, base, pedigree, offset, tooth root, reference, theme, ascendant, informant, root system, rootage, first, etymon, germ, radical, root, kickoff, descent, stemma, ancestor, inception, antecedent, stock, origination, author, lineage, reservoir, origin, line, outset, line of descent, stem, root word, starting time, bloodline, generator, solution, ancestry, beginning, commencement, blood, blood lineAntonyms:
sinksource(noun)
a document (or organization) from which information is obtained
"the reporter had two sources for the story"
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origin, beginning, reservoir, seed, informant, rootage, root, author, germ, generator, referenceAntonyms:
sinksource, seed, germ(noun)
anything that provides inspiration for later work
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generator, rootage, seeded player, seed, bug, reference, informant, germ, seminal fluid, beginning, semen, cum, root, microbe, come, ejaculate, author, origin, reservoirAntonyms:
sinksource(noun)
a facility where something is available
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origin, beginning, reservoir, seed, informant, rootage, root, author, germ, generator, referenceAntonyms:
sinkinformant, source(noun)
a person who supplies information
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origin, beginning, generator, witness, informant, rootage, root, author, seed, reference, germ, witnesser, reservoirAntonyms:
sinkgenerator, source, author(noun)
someone who originates or causes or initiates something
"he was the generator of several complaints"
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writer, origin, beginning, generator, informant, rootage, root, author, seed, reference, germ, reservoirAntonyms:
sinksource(noun)
(technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system
"a heat source"; "a source of carbon dioxide"
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origin, beginning, reservoir, seed, informant, rootage, root, author, germ, generator, referenceAntonyms:
sinkreservoir, source(noun)
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"
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origin, beginning, generator, author, informant, rootage, root, artificial lake, seed, reference, germ, reservoir, man-made lakeAntonyms:
sinkreference, source(verb)
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"
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extension, rootage, denotation, character reference, acknowledgment, reference point, generator, reference book, author, seed, mention, reservoir, informant, germ, credit, beginning, consultation, origin, point of reference, reference work, computer address, reference, address, quotation, character, root, cite, book of facts, citationAntonyms:
sinksource(verb)
get (a product) from another country or business
"She sourced a supply of carpet"; "They are sourcing from smaller companies"
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sinksource(verb)
specify the origin of
"The writer carefully sourced her report"
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sink
English Synonyms and Antonyms
source
The Latin commencement is more formal than the Saxon beginning, as the verb commence, is more formal than begin. Commencement is for the most part restricted to some form of action, while beginning has no restriction, but may be applied to action, state, material, extent, enumeration, or to whatever else may be conceived of as having a first part, point, degree, etc. The letter A is at the beginning (not the commencement) of every alphabet. If we were to speak of the commencement of the Pacific Railroad, we should be understood to refer to the enterprise and its initiatory act; if we were to refer to the roadway we should say "Here is the beginning of the Pacific Railroad." In the great majority of cases begin and beginning are preferable to commence and commencement as the simple, idiomatic English words, always accurate and expressive. "In the beginning was the word," John i, 1. An origin is the point from which something starts or sets out, often involving, and always suggesting causal connection; as, the origin of evil; the origin of a nation, a government, or a family. A source is that which furnishes a first and continuous supply, that which flows forth freely or may be readily recurred to; as, the source of a river; a source of knowledge; a source of inspiration; fertile land is a source (not an origin) of wealth. A rise is thought of as in an action; we say that a lake is the source of a certain river, or that the river takes its rise from the lake. Motley wrote of "The Rise of the Dutch Republic." Fount, fountain, and spring, in their figurative senses, keep close to their literal meaning. Compare CAUSE.
See synonyms for END.
Synonyms:
arising, beginning, commencement, fount, fountain, inauguration, inception, initiation, opening, origin, outset, rise, spring, start
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Dictionary of English Synonymes
source(n.)
Synonyms:
origin, spring, fountain, head, rise, cradle, beginning, commencement, fountain-head, starting pointsource(n.)
Nicknames
List of known nicknames for "Source":
The Source Experience, Source Experience, Manpower, Cantrip People, Spirit, Robert Leiner, Source Experience, The, Leiner, Robert
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How to use source in a sentence?
I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings. My wisdom flows from the Highest Source. I salute that Source in you. Let us work together for unity and love.
Because Titan is the only moon in our solar system with a substantial atmosphere, scientists have wondered for a long time what its source was, the main theory has been that ammonia ice from comets was converted, by impacts or photochemistry, into nitrogen to form Titans atmosphere. While that may still be an important process, it neglects the effects of what we now know is a very substantial portion of comets: complex organic material.
It will help children eat better now, as soda is the leading source of calories in children's diets, it also helps to set kids on a path toward healthier eating in the future, with fewer kids becoming conditioned to think that soda should be a part of every eating out occasion.
Wartsila Chief Executive Jaakko Eskola:
Coal-fired electricity production has to be run at full capacity all the time, it cannot be adjusted. To top it all, it's the dirtiest, or shall we say not the cleanest source of energy.
Amendments to this air pollution law have strengthened pollution treatment from the source - from sources such as industrial policy, energy consumption and automobile pollution.
Translations for source
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- مَصْدَر, كود مصدري, مصادر, مصدرArabic
- qaynaqAzerbaijani
- zdrojCzech
- kilde, udspringDanish
- Quelle, Quellcode, belegen, beziehen, Quellkode, UrsprungGerman
- πηγή, πηγαίος κώδικαςGreek
- fontoEsperanto
- fuente, fontana, código fuenteSpanish
- منبعPersian
- hankkia, lähdeFinnish
- source, sources, code sourceFrench
- boarneWestern Frisian
- foinseIrish
- stòrScottish Gaelic
- स्रोतHindi
- sousHaitian Creole
- forrás, forráskód, beszerez, eredetHungarian
- աղբյուր, ակ, ակունքArmenian
- sumberIndonesian
- sorgente, tirare fuori, fonte, codice sorgenteItalian
- 源泉, 本源, 泉Japanese
- 출처Korean
- سهرچاوه, kanî, کانگهKurdish
- sourceLatin
- Quell, QuellenLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- šaltinisLithuanian
- avotsLatvian
- kopounga, mātāpuna, tāuru, mātāwai, hōkikitangaMāori
- sumberMalay
- bronDutch
- kildekodeNorwegian
- źródło, kod źródłowy, zdrójPolish
- exsurgência, fonte, origem, código-fonte, cabeceira, nascentePortuguese
- pukyuQuechua
- sursă, izvor, fântânăRomanian
- исток, исходный код, ключ, исходник, источникRussian
- källkod, ursprung, källa, fontänSwedish
- மூலTamil
- แหล่งThai
- kaynak koduTurkish
- 源Chinese
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