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/sɔːs/ · noun
The person, place, or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired..
The accused refused to reveal the source of the illegal drugs she was selling.
More than a mere source of Promethean sustenance to thwart the cold and cook one's meat, wood was quite simply mankind's first industrial and manufacturing fuel.
Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.
The main sources of the Euphrates River are the Karasu and Murat Rivers.
The O-erh-ch'i-ssu River begins in the southern section of the lofty A-erh-t'ai Mountains of Sinkiang. This river is over 2,900 kilometers long and has a large delta area rich in minerals such as gold, iron, copper, lead, zinc, mercury, mica, crystal and "ping-chou-shih" [3056 3166 4258 possibly cryolite]. At the source of the O-erh-ch'i-ssu River, the A-erh-t'ai Mountains reach more than 3,000 meters above sea level. The peaks of the mountains are covered with snow year-round, and rainfall is heavy in the summer.
Most of the Himalayan rivers have been relatively untouched by dams near their sources. Now the two great Asian powers, India and China, are rushing to harness them as they cut through some of the world's deepest valleys.
Coordinate term: target
But the point when it would have to look at alternative new-build vehicles was always looming large, and there would inevitably be a finite number of Class 66s it could source from elsewhere, and a limit to other locomotives it could re-power.
Use source when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Source means The person, place, or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired..
Common synonyms include wellspring, parentage, fund, channel.
Possible antonyms include sink.
The accused refused to reveal the source of the illegal drugs she was selling.
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