1 a place, person or thing that you get sth from:
renewable energy sources * Your local library will be a useful source of information. * What is their main source of income? * The tiny window was the only source of light.
2 [usuallypl.] a person, book or document that provides information, especially for study, a piece of written work or news:
He refused to name his sources. * Government sources indicated yesterday that cuts may have to be made. * source material * Historians use a wide range of primary and secondary sources for their research.
3 a person or thing that causes sth, especially a problem:
a source of pollution / violence * a source of anxiety / confusion
4 the place where a river or stream starts:
the source of the Nile
IDIOMS
at source at the place or the point that sth comes from or begins from:
Is your salary taxed at source (= by your employer)? * It is better to deal with such problems at source.
verb [VN] [oftenpassive] ~ sth (from...) (business) to get sth from a particular place:
We source all the meat sold in our stores from British farms.
seealsoOUTSOURCE
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is source a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, source is tagged as noun.
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