source

Source is part of the Academic Word List. It is important for students in college and university.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /sɔɹs/, SAMPA: /sOr\s/
• (US) IPA: /soʊɹs/, SAMPA: /soUr\s/
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Verb

Plain form source

Third-person singular sources

Past tense sourced

Past participle sourced

Present participle sourcing

1. If you source something, then you obtain or receive it.

Noun

Singular source

Plural sources

1. The source of some material, an idea, a product, etc. is the place it came from originally.

   XYZ company can't supply these parts anymore, so we need to find a new source.

   Church sources said four people were injured and 100 to 200 were taken away by the police.

   The paper comes primarily from British sources.

   CO₂ is the main source of global warming.

Antonyms

• target

Related words

• outsource