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Meaning of
source
in English
source
us
//sɝs//
uk
//sɔːrs//
#common
#a2
Plural
sources
Past Tense
sourced
Participle Verb
sourcing
Third Person Singular
sources
Definitions
Noun
the
origin
of
something
;
where
it
comes
from
a
person
providing
confidential
information
original
code
or
text
(
in
computing
)
The
programmer
studied
the
source
code
to
understand
the
algorithm
.
Verb
to
find
and
identify
the
origin
of
information
The
researcher
tried
to
source
the
quote
from
a
reliable
academic
journal
.
Compounds / Phrases
sourcebook
sourcebooks
multisource
secondary source
closed-source
light source
crowdsource
insourced
quasi-stellar source
