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Common
noun
•
The person,
place
, or
thing
from which something (information,
goods
, etc.)
comes
or is
acquired
.
•
Spring
;
fountainhead
;
wellhead
; any
collection
of water on or under the
surface
of the
ground
in which a
stream
originates
.
•
A reporter's
informant
.
•
In Computing:
Source code
.
•
In Electronics:
The
name
of one
terminal
of a
field effect
transistor
(FET).
verb
•
In American English:
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.
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origin
ancestor
origins
cause
fount
wellspring
beginning
Related
citation
link
supply
site
repository
basis
component
product
reference
supplier
element
factor
quote
form
outlet
explanation
sample
procure
part
location
import
obtain
type
channel
manufacture
produce
collect
gather
publication
locate
acquire
sell
store
purchase
utilize
process
select
website
export
distribute
buy
offer
deliver
generator
culprit
receive
copy
plant
generate
document
input
market
transport
subject
article
sender
ship
harvest
evidence
transfer
starting point
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Rhymes
force
zorse
horse
dorse
gorse
source
coarse
course
ahorse
hoarse
unhorse
deforce
enforce
divorce
remorse
Divorce
recourse
resource
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Lineage
source
English
sours
Middle English (1100-1500)
sorse
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
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