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source
source
noun
Definition of SOURCE
1
a point or place at which something is invented or provided <we were uncertain as to the source of the rumors> <a source of inspiration>
Related Words beginning, commencement, dawn, day one, genesis, get-go (also git-go), inception, incipience, incipiency, kickoff, launch, morning, nascence, nascency, onset, outset, start, threshold; baseline, first base, ground zero, square one
2
the beginning part of a stream <19th-century explorers who sought the source of the Nile>
Related Words fountain, fountainhead, geyser, headspring, hot spring, spring, wellspring; branch, feeder, tributary
3
something mentioned in a text as providing related and especially supporting information <the professor asked the students to have at least five different sources for their papers>
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