Source
 

source
noun1.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"[syn: beginning]2.a document (or organization) from which information is obtained; "the reporter had two sources for the story"3.anything that provides inspiration for later work4.a facility where something is available5.a person who supplies information[syn: informant]6.someone who originates or causes or initiates something; "he was the generator of several complaints"[syn: generator]7.(technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system; "a heat source"; "a source of carbon dioxide"[ant: sink]8.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"[syn: reservoir]9.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"[syn: reference]
verb1.get (a product) from another country or business; "She sourced a supply of carpet"; "They are sourcing from smaller companies"2.specify the origin of; "The writer carefully sourced her report"