source

  1. Noun.  The person, place(,) or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
  2. Noun.  Spring; fountainhead; wellhead; any collection of water on or under the surface of the ground in which a stream originates.
  3. Noun.  A reporter's informant.
  4. Noun.  (computing) Source code.
  5. Noun.  (electronics) The name of one terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
  6. Verb.  (chiefly, US) To obtain or procure: (n-g, used especially of a business resource.) .
  7. Verb.  (transitive) To find information about (a quotation)'s source (gloss, from which it comes) : to find a citation for.

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