source
The person, place, or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
Noun 4 meanings
The person, place, or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
“The accused refused to reveal the source of the illegal drugs she was selling.”
Spring; fountainhead; wellhead; any collection of water on or under the surface of the ground in which a stream originates.
“The main sources of the Euphrates River are the Karasu and Murat Rivers.”
A reporter's informant.
Source code.
Verb 2 meanings
To obtain or procure: used especially of a business resource.
To find information about (a quotation)'s source (from which it comes): to find a citation for.
Etymology
From Middle English sours, from Old French sorse (“rise, beginning, spring, source”), from sors, past participle of sordre, sourdre, from Latin surgō (“to rise”), which is composed of sub- (“up from below”) + regō (“lead, rule”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti (“to straighten; right”), from the root *h₃reǵ-.
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SOURCE at a glance
SOURCE has 6 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (S 1 + O 1 + U 1 + R 1 + C 3 + E 1) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #709 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with source
All rhymes- FORCE10
- RESOURCE10
- COMMERCE16
- DIVORCE13
- ENFORCE12
- WORKFORCE21
- PIERCE10
- FIERCE11
- REINFORCE14
- SCARCE10
- PEARCE10
- FARCE10
One letter away
- SOURSE6
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