source

A2 Topic:Places & Geography

US /sɔɹs/ UK /sɔːs/ See IPA manual

Freq #2133

Meanings

1

noun
The place, person, or thing that something comes from.

The sun is our main source of energy.
2

noun
A person or document that provides information.

The reporter had two sources for the story.
3

verb
To obtain or get something from a particular place or supplier.

The restaurant sources its vegetables from local farms.
4

noun
The place where a river begins.

The main sources of the Euphrates River are the Karasu and Murat Rivers.

Verb forms

Verb forms are not available for this word yet.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

parentage wellspring

Opposites

sink

Word family

Forms sourcedsourcessourcing

Derived forms backsourcebiosourcebiosourcedclosed-sourcecrowd-sourcee-sourceeigensourceinnersourceinsourceinsourcingintersourcelife-source

Related forms resource target

Appears in

Phrases (2)

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reliable source
a person or resource that can be trusted to provide accurate information

Adjective + noun
source code
human-readable instructions written for a computer program

Noun + noun

Etymology

From Middle English sours, from Old French sorse (“rise, beginning, spring, source”), from sors, past participle of sordre, sourdre, from Latin surgō (“to rise”), which is composed of sub- (“up from below”) + regō (“lead, rule”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti (“to straighten; right”), from the root *h₃reǵ-. Doublet of surge.

*h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European sours Middle English sorse Old French surgō Latin *h₃réǵeti Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Places & Geography

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# source

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /sɔɹs/
**IPA (UK):** /sɔːs/
**Frequency rank:** 2133

## Meanings
1. The place, person, or thing that something comes from.
2. A person or document that provides information.
3. To obtain or get something from a particular place or supplier.
4. The place where a river begins.

## Examples
- The sun is our main source of energy.
- The reporter had two sources for the story.
- The restaurant sources its vegetables from local farms.
- The main sources of the Euphrates River are the Karasu and Murat Rivers.

## Synonyms
- parentage
- wellspring

## Antonyms
- sink

## Derived Forms
- backsource
- biosource
- biosourced
- closed-source
- crowd-source
- e-source
- eigensource
- innersource
- insource
- insourcing
- intersource
- life-source

## Related Forms
- resource
- target

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *h₃reǵ-
- Root: sours
- Root: sorse
- Root: surgō
- Root: *h₃réǵeti

## Etymology
From Middle English sours, from Old French sorse (“rise, beginning, spring, source”), from sors, past participle of sordre, sourdre, from Latin surgō (“to rise”), which is composed of sub- (“up from below”) + regō (“lead, rule”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti (“to straighten; right”), from the root *h₃reǵ-. Doublet of surge.

## AI Etymology
Source is from Middle English sours, from Old French sorse (“rise, beginning, spring, source”), from sors, past participle of sordre, sourdre, from Latin surgō (“to rise”), which is composed of sub- (“up from below”) + regō (“lead, rule”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti (“to straighten; right”), from the root *h₃reǵ-. Doublet of surge. Important forms in the word's history include Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-, Middle English sours, Old French sorse, Latin surgō, Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti. In current use it includes senses such as The place, person, or thing that something comes from and A person or document that provides information.

## Topics
- Places & Geography

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