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• “She sourced a supply of carpet“
• “They are sourcing from smaller companies“

• “The writer carefully sourced her report“

• “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“

Synonyms

• beginning serving to begin; the event consisting of the start of something; the time at which something is supposed to begin; the first part or section of something; the place where something begins, where it springs into being; the act of starting something
• origin the place where something begins, where it springs into being; properties attributable to your ancestry; an event that is a beginning; the point of intersection of coordinate axes; the source of something’s existence or from which it derives or is derived; the descendants of one individual
• root take root and begin to grow; come into existence, originate; cheer for; plant by the roots ; dig with the snout; become settled or established and stable in one’s residence or life style; cause to take roots ; (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; the place where something begins, where it springs into being; (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number ; the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation ; someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) ; a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes ; the embedded part of a bodily structure such as a tooth, nail, or hair
• rootage fixedness by or as if by roots; a developed system of roots ; the place where something begins, where it springs into being

• “the reporter had two sources for the story“

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• seed a small hard fruit ; a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa ; one of the outstanding players in a tournament ; anything that provides inspiration for later work ; the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract ; go to seed; help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money ; bear seeds ; place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth; distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds ; sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain; inoculate with microorganisms ; remove the seeds from
• germ anything that provides inspiration for later work ; a small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism ; a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium)

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• informant a person who supplies information ; someone who sees an event and reports what happened

• “he was the generator of several complaints“

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• generator an apparatus that produces a vapor or gas ; engine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy by electromagnetic induction ; someone who originates or causes or initiates something; an electronic device for producing a signal voltage
• author be the author of; writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) ; someone who originates or causes or initiates something

• “a heat source“
• “a source of carbon dioxide“

• “an infectious agent depends on a reservoir for its survival“

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• reservoir a large or extra supply of something; lake used to store water for community use ; tank used for collecting and storing a liquid (as water or oil) ; anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies

• “he carried an armful of references back to his desk“
• “he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation“

Synonyms

• reference refer to; a remark that calls attention to something or someone; a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; an indicator that orients you generally; a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts; a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person’s qualifications and dependability; the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the act of referring or consulting; a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to; (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored ; the relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to