English to English
noun
- the place where something begins, where it springs into being
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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a document (or organization) from which information is obtained
The reporter had two sources for the story.
source: WordNet 3.0
- anything that provides inspiration for later work
source: WordNet 3.0
- a facility where something is available
source: WordNet 3.0
- a person who supplies information
source: WordNet 3.0
- someone who originates or causes or initiates something
He was the generator of several complaints.
source: WordNet 3.0
- (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system
A heat source.
A source of carbon dioxide.
source: WordNet 3.0
- anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies
An infectious agent depends on a reservoir for its survival.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to
He carried an armful of references back to his desk.
He spent hours looking for the source of that quotation.
source: WordNet 3.0
- The act of rising; a rise; an ascent.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- get (a product) from another country or business
She sourced a supply of carpet.
They are sourcing from smaller companies.
source: WordNet 3.0
- specify the origin of
The writer carefully sourced her report.
source: WordNet 3.0
English to Tagalog
noun
- [soúrs] Bukál; simulâ; pinagmumulan; pinagbubuhatan
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
